John Banville Quotes
Come, Benjamin, put your arm around me and we shall be comfortably one, mon semblable-mon frère!
Quotes to Explore
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I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.
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For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful.
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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.
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As a filmmaker whose first film was made with the DIY tools of digital cinema, I love how the democratization of the filmmaking process and platforms like YouTube enables people to tell stories that in previous generations simply could not be told.
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I'm tempted by everything. My husband makes fun of me because every day it's a new food that I love. I have a weakness for butterscotch pudding, ice cream in any flavor and dark chocolate, although that's one thing I do keep in my house - 70% dark chocolate.
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The song This Kiss was definitely my breakthrough song. After that, Breathe was my breakthrough album.
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Livable neighborhoods with a vibrant street life will stimulate our economic life as well.
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The public has heard the stereotypical love songs a million times, and they've heard the stereotypical life-or-death songs millions of times. It's good to mix it up a little bit.
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'The Exorcist' is absolutely my favorite horror film, and I watched it when I was, like, seven years old with my mother for the first time. I don't know why my mom let me watch that. I couldn't go to the bathroom by myself. I couldn't go upstairs by myself. I couldn't sleep.
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The whole freedom-of-speech thing is great. But I don't think that our Founding Fathers predicted social media when they created all of these amendments and stuff.
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When you bring the darkness to the table, it doesn't rule you or hurt other people, but when we keep it secret, it's dangerous.
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This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs.
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Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
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Sometimes I'll post goofy photos of myself on Instagram without make-up or making silly faces. I don't always look like a little Barbie doll.
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I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn't occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don't like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don't like it, nobody is telling you to finish it.
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Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.
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'The Avengers' happened because I'm friends with Joss Whedon, and he sort of brought me into the mix when they were looking for Maria Hill.
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The first thing I did when I got inside was turn on the kitchen light. Then I moved to the table, putting my dad's iPod on the speaker dock, and a Bob Dylan song came on, the notes familiar. I went into the living room, hitting the switch there, then down the hallway to my room, where I did the same. It was amazing what a little noise and brightness could do to a house and a life, how much the smallest bit of each could change everything. After all these years of just passing through, I was beginning to finally feel at home.
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A weightlifter should be able to do everything and borrow things from other sports to beat competitors.
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I make sure to meditate at least twice a day. I have migraines, and transcendental meditation is hugely helpful in combating them.
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For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.
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Come, Benjamin, put your arm around me and we shall be comfortably one, mon semblable-mon frère!
