John Banville Quotes
I hesitate to talk about Czech food. ... The people are very sweet, wonderfully cultured, very friendly, but my God how they eat that food I do not know. It is surely the most disgusting cuisine in the world.
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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Most Americans have no clue that before there were highways, there were only waterways to get through the wilderness. If you weren't on a lake or a river, you were in a jungle.
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Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
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I get homesick.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.
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Something that's very painful for me is when people wear pants that are too short.
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I don't think any of us could predict Trump. Trump is the stuff of nightmares. But in talking to people, I knew there was a tremendous level of disaffection and anger and sorrow. I know people felt misrepresented and voiceless.
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She long ago accepted the fact that happiness is like, swallows in spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not. You cannot command it.
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We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others - people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education.
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I play to all people, and I play to people not governments, and I believe strongly that all people are peaceful and would want peace.
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When aristocrats pretend they're common people -- they get common!
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I hesitate to talk about Czech food. ... The people are very sweet, wonderfully cultured, very friendly, but my God how they eat that food I do not know. It is surely the most disgusting cuisine in the world.
