John Banville Quotes
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
Sally Watson -
Disrespect toward Jesus, as we have seen all too often in our society, is very offensive to Muslims.
Ibrahim Hooper -
There's layers to our stuff: Our top layer is like candy-coated pop, because we want to party and have a nice time, but we also have a lot of different human experiences and other levels present in the Die Antwoord experience.
Watkin Tudor Jones -
I believe that I'm a hillbilly in my values and in my attitudes, and I don't want to lose that. I think it's possible to maintain a big chunk of that identity so long as you're self-reflective and meaningful about it.
J. D. Vance -
I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.
Parker Stevenson -
I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
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Those of us raised in modern cities tend to notice horizontal and vertical lines more quickly than lines at other orientations. In contrast, people raised in nomadic tribes do a better job noticing lines skewed at intermediate angles, since Mother Nature tends to work with a wider array of lines than most architects.
Sam Kean -
Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life.
Karen Salmansohn -
America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.
Ferdinand Mount -
Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.
Caity Lotz -
If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
Adam Grant -
The spiritual reality of the Indian world is very evident, very highly developed. I think it affects the life of every Indian person in one way or another.
N. Scott Momaday
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There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun.
Iain Banks -
Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.
Gautam Adani -
I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
Yann Martel -
The way management treats associates is exactly how the associates will treat the customers.
Sam Walton -
I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.
Raekwon -
I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.
Zach Braff
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I know that by the time I was in middle school, Andre Norton was definitely my favorite author.
Martha Wells -
You don't have to always write about big stuff. Writing is about expressing yourself, you know? It can be about small stuff, too.
Mick Jones The Clash -
I don't listen to much music on the go because I tend either to be writing my own music or wanting a break from the music around me.
Jack Garratt -
The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.
Nolan Bushnell -
It could be partly my taste. It's just my belief that there are female characters that will benefit from not being vulnerable.
Frances McDormand -
Ambiguity is the essence of Irish writing, I think.
John Banville