John Banville Quotes
There is something slightly sinister about Prague, just as there is about Lyon and Turin.
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Often I play, especially on television, a lot of smart lawyer people and cerebral types.
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I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies.
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One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set... the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it... could be dismantled overnight.
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When you're in college, you really don't know where you're going to end up, but you know who you want to be along that journey.
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Man, y'know, I'm a music guy. I like a lot of different things. It depends on the time of the day and the situation.
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My parents got me in trouble when I was in school because someone was getting bullied, and I didn't do anything about it. I just watched it happen and then came to the school, and I got cussed out for not helping and not being a part of it.
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Living here in North America - I have been Americanized. When I go back home now, there are things that I have far less tolerance for in South Africa. We've come such a long way in terms of race relations and the economy as well as people's willingness to move on. There are still a lot of things that are frustrating about being in South Africa.
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My coach keeps telling me to say I'm not going to retire. I should just go through the motions and see what I feel every year and see if I really want to do it, but personally, I want to do it, but my coach says just take your time, don't rush.
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It's some weird idea to think that you've always got to say everything is great and perfect.
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I believe America is the most powerful country in the world and is a country that stands on principle. Its principles are enshrined in its very foundation and constitution, and it has a duty to serve humanity. America has a duty to follow its conscience to reject repression. It must reject oppression. It must reject humiliation.
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It's special to have people see you and tell you, 'You make me laugh.' That makes me feel good. I think if you have the talent to do it, it's your duty to pass it on.
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they'd turn into novels. I was biased toward music.
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It's weird to me to see how different everyone's opinion of beauty is.
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I would say old school cats like Redman and Wu-tang. My style is my style, those are just cats that I liked.
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I'm very much a family person.
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I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.
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I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage-an inexorable demand-that we should cease to kill our fellow-creatures for satisfaction of our bodily wants.
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If talented people across teams, functions, and geographies share the same passion and dedication, the results can be remarkable.
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My father was a journalist for 50 years in Leeds and Fleet Street. I thought about a career in business to show I could do something different, but the reaction among prospective employers was, shall we say, underwhelming.
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Americans ... want leaders who share their values, understand their needs, and respect their intelligence.
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There is something slightly sinister about Prague, just as there is about Lyon and Turin.
