John Banville Quotes
On The Sea being filmed It's not a blockbuster and it's not going to earn half a billion in the first weekend, but it's a work of art and I'm very pleased with it.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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I never eat where the hotel recommends. I do my own research and then try the most highly rated options.
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If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature.
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As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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I haven't seen the show, but when it was finished I felt good about what we had done. I don't know how it will stack up with Survival, but that'll be up to the critics.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get.
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As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where, I think, everyone can do the job, and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara.
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The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.
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The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'
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Prison has humbled me in a lot of ways, because when you go to prison, I became 11 R 2024 you know, I wasn't Ja Rule the superstar. I wasn't any of that. I was just a regular inmate.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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If you want to have more options as an actor, you just need to watch your weight, and I've ignored that fact for several years quite happily. Now the chicks have come home to roost.
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I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.
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We’ve been proud of the fact that we were known for our music first and it has been what makes us work harder
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I said to my team, 'I'm doing 'Gilmore Girls' no matter what. There's no way I'll miss it,' because I owed it to the story. The story is bigger than the sum of its parts.
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Whom the gods notice they destroy. Be small...and you will escape the jealousy of the great.
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On The Sea being filmed It's not a blockbuster and it's not going to earn half a billion in the first weekend, but it's a work of art and I'm very pleased with it.
