John Banville Quotes
When I stand up from my writing desk, 'John Banville', or 'Benjamin Black' – that is, the one whose name will appear on the title page – vanishes on the instant, since he only existed while the writing was being done.
 
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	Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.   
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	I love watching the old movies. I love Katharine Hepburn. I just adore her and everything that she stood for. I find it interesting watching the likes of Gene Tierney and those classic movies of the '40s.   
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	If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home.   
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	I'm happy that all my films are different from one another.   
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	I don't care about revenues.   
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	Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn't he?   
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	I've been things and seen places.   
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	There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.   
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	In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.   
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	I can do whatever I want.   
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	People do bad things in their lives. And those sort of things are forgivable. That's half the point of having confession in church - you need to be able to fess up to what you've done.   
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	Luckily, I have been offered the chance to play a South American, Hispanic and even a character from the Middle East in films. There are also a lot of TV series in the U.S. that have a strong presence of actors from India.   
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	I wanted to get a cropped hairdo, but Sreenu Vaitla loves my look in 'Chiruta,' so he suggested that I keep the long hair.   
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	No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.   
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	I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.   
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	I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.   
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	While prices of goods continue to rise, American worker's wages remain stagnant.   
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	I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules.   
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	Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.   
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	My friends are people who like building cool stuff. We always have this joke about people who want to just start companies without making something valuable. There's a lot of that in Silicon Valley.   
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	Ecology and economy are becoming inextricably entwined, and the world is becoming more conscious of this fact.   
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	I can't wait till a big game comes around, especially a Classic, ... Opening game, it's going to be a big crowd playing on our own field. I thrive on that. I like playing in front of those kinds of crowds. I can't wait. I have so much confidence going in.   
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	Our nation has come so far since 1968 when Dr. King was assassinated, but I know we can do better to achieve The Dream, and that is why I keep marching on. Charles B. Rangel
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	When I stand up from my writing desk, 'John Banville', or 'Benjamin Black' – that is, the one whose name will appear on the title page – vanishes on the instant, since he only existed while the writing was being done.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					