John Banville Quotes
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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We need to have Turkey respect democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms.
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An increase in light gives an increase in darkness.
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My own brand will stand or fall because of me. Dior won't fall if I fall. It will also still stand if I'm not there. I'm coming in there, and it's like a – I don't know the English word – like a passage.
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Is the button white or orange or green or yellow? Does it say 'sell', or 'sell now', or 'on sale' or 'for sale'? You test, you test, you test and most of the ideas you try fail and so I would argue I failed my way to success.
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I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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There is always the fear of failure, and if you struggle, you become nervous, and that's when the underdogs have an opportunity to create a surprise.
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Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.
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Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.
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Sick children, if not too shy to speak, will always express this wish. They invariably prefer a story to be told to them, rather than read to them.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
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If the Knesset is a temple, then Feiglin is the idol. A Knesset where Feiglin presides is an impure Knesset.
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.
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You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be.
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I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.
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I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.
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In Paris, everybody is in black! But you know, in Ukraine everyone wears bright colours.
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For me, going vegan was an ethical and environmental decision. I'm doing the right thing by the animals.
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I'm one of the ones who believed the Iraq War was a complete mistake from the very beginning.
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Sometimes you're reading something, and you don't know it will be important in your life. You're reading this script, and you start to get involved. It's not an intellectual experience.
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I'm a little older now and I think I've lightened up a bit as I'm getting older.
