Ian Mcewan Quotes
All this happiness on display is suspect... If they think - and they could be right - that continued torture and summary executions, ethnic cleansing and occasional genocide are preferable to an invasion, they should be sombre in their view.Ian Mcewan
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Earl Warren -
Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
Ma Jian -
Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention.
Malcolm Fraser -
Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
Mahalia Jackson -
Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
Tariq Ramadan -
I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
O. J. Simpson -
Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it.
Barbara Palvin -
When you don't know how to cook, you just say, 'I need something quick,' and then you fry something up. Now that I cook, I think, 'Do I want to have fried fish, baked fish, or grilled fish?'
Larry Fitzgerald -
When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.
Barbara Boxer -
I have never made a game that wasn't explicitly about empowering players to tell their own story.
Warren Spector -
I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box.
Natalie Dormer
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At the beginning of the week, I roast a ton of vegetables so I can use them for the next few days. I also plan out meals in advance.
Gail Simmons -
Give the peasants neither life nor death.
Ieyasu Tokugawa -
Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
Ram Shriram -
Making movies, you're like an independent contractor - you come in, you have a specific job, and a lot of what you do is completely manipulated, which is good and bad.
Zooey Deschanel -
I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
Viggo Mortensen -
I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune.
Xavier Niel
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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
E. B. White -
Maybe a vague president and an incompetent and somewhat corrupt administration is what the nation needs.
P. J. O'Rourke -
The most important thing to say is that Sinn Fein isn't going back to anything. We are a party on the move.
Martin McGuinness -
Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else.
Albert Einstein -
There are fashions in reading, even in thinking. You don't have to follow them unless you want to. On the other hand, watch out. Don't stick too closely to your favorite subject. That would keep you from adventuring into other fields. It's silly to build a wall around your interests.
Walt Disney -
All this happiness on display is suspect... If they think - and they could be right - that continued torture and summary executions, ethnic cleansing and occasional genocide are preferable to an invasion, they should be sombre in their view.
Ian Mcewan