John Banville Quotes
I like to dress conservatively because then the outrageous things you say are even more outrageous.
Quotes to Explore
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I believe Karl Marx could have subscribed to the Sermon on the Mount.
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A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.
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I liked to play dress-up.
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The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us.
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People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
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'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.
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Yeah, I kind of grew up in front of the camera: I started modeling when I was two.
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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
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Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.
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The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist.
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The fact is that nothing in gerontology even comes close to fulfilling the promise of dramatically extended lifespan, in spite of bold claims to the contrary that by now should sound familiar.
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Our response has been, 'Well, let's then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.' That hasn't happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.
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The best physique I ever had was when I was ballet dancing.
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Each morning, you dress to become a different woman. Fashion helps.
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We have been fortunate enough to do something that has always been out of the mainstream and yet have an audience for what we do.
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From my point of view, there is a tremendous amount to be said for secular humanism.
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A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.
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It is imperative that we should not pare down the meaning of a dream to fit some narrow doctrine. … No language exists that cannot be misused. It is hard to realize how badly we are fooled by the abuse of ideas, it even seems as if the unconscious had a way of strangling the physician in the coils of his own theory.
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You have to do what you want to do, and I genuinely believe that if you start interacting in the world that way that there is a respect in that.
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Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world is as amoral as you are.
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To me, money is a commodity that a person must have to function, not a goal in itself.
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Love is mistranslated into sex, because sex is not an expression of love. Sex is an expression of physical activity. It can be an expression of love between two people in love, but it's a carnal expression.
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I'm lying, yes, but why do you force me to give a linear explanation; linear explanations are almost always lies.
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I like to dress conservatively because then the outrageous things you say are even more outrageous.
