John Banville Quotes
The older I get the more I realise that the world is not as varied as we thought it was when we were young. Most places are much alike.
Quotes to Explore
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'
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My father's name is Dee, so when I was born they named me Katherine Dee and they took the K from Katherine and put it with his name, sort of to give me my dad's namesake. But it's hysterical how often it gets misspelled. I used to be like, 'No one capitalizes my D!'
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Our approach to banking is very different from the traditional banks or even some of the new banks. We do not necessarily go out and write single-cheque, large-ticket loans.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.
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Most of my friends - when I was five, six, seven years old - their dads were working in an auto plant in Detroit until 5:30, and then they were sat in rush hour. They weren't around as much. My dad finished at three o'clock, so he was just around more.
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Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.
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I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.
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People are different. People choose different criteria. But if there is a better way among many alternatives, I want to encourage that way by making it comfortable. So that's what I've tried to do.
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We all have to make choices in life.
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I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing.
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YouTube is such a funny little world. You can create a fanbase.
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Someone needs to talk sense to the president. But these people are not world travelers. This president, much as I like him, had all the opportunities in the world.
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The older I get the more I realise that the world is not as varied as we thought it was when we were young. Most places are much alike.
