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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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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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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I can't say 'I'm proud to say' - because it's not a choice for many Americans - but I can say I'm fortunate enough to not be raising my kids on McDonald's.
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There are different types of bullying; one of the biggest ones out there right now is cyberbullying. I had the privilege of filming an 'Austin & Ally' episode centered on cyberbullying, how it can get out of control, the ups and downs that you feel, and how to deal with it.
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I’m not trying to hate on nobody. I love everybody that works towards what I was working towards. It’s a hard game, it’s a hard life.
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The prime goal of censorship is to promote ignorance, whether it is done via lying and bowdlerized school texts or by attacking individual books.
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I work at home but average 15,000 to 18,000 miles per year on my Honda.
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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.
