John Banville Quotes
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A lot of people have it tougher than I do.
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The White House should always be a friend to American freedom.
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When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
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There is no ideal body. It's just taking what you have and working it.
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You have to know you can first. How comes later.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
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We sometimes think that being a celebrity is the same as being a role model. But a role model is actually someone you can touch, talk to and dream with.
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The post-totalitarian malady has taken its most acute form in Romania. And it has taken place for very specific reasons. The repression here has been more cruel, more brutal, than in other states caught in the inferno of a 'socialist paradise.'
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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I know that a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania is about the most random place for a country singer to come from, but I had an awesome childhood.
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I have lifestyle requirements. Photos, meetings, lunches, dinners, facial care, tooth care. It requires an exorbitant amount of money.
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All you need to do to be my friend is like me.
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Shelter dogs are the most loving, wonderful, sweet pets in the world. They understand being rescued, loved, and protected. The hubs and I have 2 rescued 11-yr-old Pomeranians, who adore us.
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I'd love to set up shop somewhere and develop projects - film, TV, digital would be a fun thing to do.
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Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough.
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I think the record industry has gotten to be more about labels wondering what the new single is rather than labels nurturing artists. It's gotten away from making a full album of music that someone would want to listen to all the way through.
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I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
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When the Negro cries with pain from his deep hurt and lays his petition for elemental justice before the nation, he is calling upon the American people to kindle about that crucible of race relationships the fires of American faith.
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I'm never going to be a size zero and, to be honest I don't want to be.
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I want to just be lazy and I want some of the people around me to be doing things, because that makes me feel comfortable and safe - and I want some of them to be doing nothing at all, because they can be graceful and companionable for me.
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Summoned, one shuffles guiltily into the department of trivia.
