Ian Mcewan Quotes
Dying in unfamiliar surroundings miles away from home, it cannot possibly be good. There is a great sadness about that I think.
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We're spirited and spiritual... and fun follows us around.
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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I love anything to do with history.
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My real last name is Galifianakisburg.
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Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
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Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
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I grew up in a little town in Minnesota, 500 people. I went out to Princeton, and I wasn't very well-accepted out there by the fancy folks of Princeton University, I felt. I came away bruised and feeling rejected.
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I'm just going out there and doing exactly what I'm coached and doing exactly what I'm supposed to do and just trying to help this team win.
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Charlie Finley has soured my stomach for baseball.
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Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery.
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We run to win, not just to be in the race.
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My upbringing was completely liberal from the start. In fact, I didn't even have a Muslim identity.
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I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves.
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The Who on record were dynamic. Roger Daltrey's delivery allowed vulnerability without weakness; doubt and confusion, but no plea for sympathy.
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Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away.
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I'm not pessimistic about Africa. The cities just seem big and hopeless. But there's still a great green heart where there's possibility. There's hope in the wilderness.
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Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.
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Dying in unfamiliar surroundings miles away from home, it cannot possibly be good. There is a great sadness about that I think.
