John Banville Quotes
When young writers approach me for advice, I remind them, as gently as I can, that they are on their own, with no help available anywhere.John Banville
Quotes to Explore
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I don't want to be polite. I don't think campaigning is polite. That's a disingenuous effort.
Carl Paladino -
Although it's the hub of the nervous system and the ultimate terminus of every nerve, the brain itself lacks enervation and therefore cannot feel pain.
Sam Kean -
'Hellraiser' is an amazing world that Clive Barker created, and it is such a beautifully vibrant and surreal world within which to work. It is also not an undaunting canvas. It is a canvas created by an artist.
Patrick Lussier -
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.
A. R. Ammons -
The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.
Usher -
'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.
Adam Levine Maroon 5
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The concept of minimum wage is crazy, if you really stop to think about it. If $8 an hour seems right, why not $20 an hour? If it's coming by order of the government, why stop at any level? Why not just say everyone should get what Gates gets?
Malcolm Wallop -
Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.
Iris DeMent -
One of the hopes we have when we hear or read an interview with a mystery writer is to get inside the writer's head, to learn something we didn't know before.
Otto Penzler -
A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.
Malcolm de Chazal -
People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.
Eden Hazard -
The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.
Pasquier Quesnel
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I envy the sensibility in Europe, appreciating beauty in women as they age. I'm going to go that way. I might dye my gray hair for a bit, but beyond that the buck stops. I'm not having any work done.
Rachel Bilson -
I watched the first moon landing at a bar in Paducah, Kentucky, a fact worth mentioning only because I still remember how suddenly silence descended on this raucous place when Neil Armstrong started coming down that ladder.
Pamela Sargent -
People always think actors are really 'out there,' so you wouldn't have me pegged as one, but I knew pretty early on it was what I wanted to do, and I think that's pretty lucky.
Talia Balsam -
The particular way I'm going to die is not going to be particularly pleasant. It will probably be physically uncomfortable, and it won't be an easy thing for my wife and kids to watch. I think it will be a real challenge to see if I can squeeze the lemons hard enough to still get lemonade the last few weeks.
Randy Pausch -
I got to play with Nintendo's Wii, yes it's a funny name and not very revolutionary but it was fun whipping your arms around.
Olivia Munn -
If I can't do high kicks or dance in it, then I won't wear it.
Yvonne Strahovski
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I had a fear that I'd be typecast, but I don't really have that fear anymore.
David Duchovny -
The Bible does not thrill; the Bible nourishes. Give time to the reading of the Bible and the recreating effect is as real as that of fresh air physically.
Oswald Chambers -
I do not welcome advice from actors; they are here to act.
Otto Preminger -
If you read enough biography and history, you learn how people have dealt successfully or unsuccessfully with similar situations or patterns in the past. It doesn't give you a template of answers, but it does help you refine the questions you have to ask yourself.
James Mattis -
I'm happy to keep doing science and being a mentor to anyone who asks for advice.
Mildred Dresselhaus -
When young writers approach me for advice, I remind them, as gently as I can, that they are on their own, with no help available anywhere.
John Banville