John Banville Quotes
After all, who knows what the distant past was like? About Kepler and Copernicus, people often say, You captured the period so well! I always want to ask, How do you know? You weren't there either.
John Banville
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
Odilon Redon
I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
Laila Ali
There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson
I liked 'Scream of the Banshee' because it was a real challenge. I thought, 'How am I going to pull off this character?' But, I also thought, 'Oh, man, I'm going to go for it.' He's got all the defects of character that an actor loves to play. So, I had a really great time.
Lance Henriksen
Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
Ralph Chaplin
If my wife was to say, 'Honey, I'd like you to go to PSG', I would have to take it into account.
Eden Hazard
There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
Fay Weldon
'Smallville' is like a Domino's pizza. While you're eating, you're thinking, 'This is good, and it reminds me of pizza, but there's not enough flavor in each bite.' That's the feeling you have the entire time with 'Smallville' - that it's just about to be good, but it never is.
Ira Glass
Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.
T. Harv Eker
I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
Patrick Demarchelier
I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.
Macaulay Culkin
The world expects India to be one of the leaders in solving the problems of politics and economics. India sits at the high table in most major multilateral deliberations. What India says is heard with attention and seriousness.
N. R. Narayana Murthy
I used to prefer rapping over singing, but now I'm a little 50/50 about it. I like doing both, a lot - equally.
Russell Llantino
I try not to have high expectations of people because it just sets you up for disappointment, but it's great to work with actors who are that talented and accomplished.
Famke Janssen
Unfortunately, celebrity is a powerful thing. It can influence people, but if it can influence people in a good way, then that's a great thing.
David Furnish
The bottom line may be that my inventing buildings is, indeed, a very private kind of activity. But it's done to be shared. It is comforting and consoling. From the reactions I get I can see I'm not doing something strange.
Peter Zumthor
After all, who knows what the distant past was like? About Kepler and Copernicus, people often say, You captured the period so well! I always want to ask, How do you know? You weren't there either.
John Banville
