John Lanchester Quotes
Is it OK to admit to being slightly obsessed with the TV programme 'Great British Menu?'
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When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.
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I don't mean to offend anybody, but I think that we get a lot of scientists now who are bent into a system, and we lose some of their boldness by that. Obviously, you have to learn the ropes, but I think it's important to do that without hammering out the radicalness that makes innovation happen.
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It's easy to have a good season but if you want to have a great season you have got to win a major tournament.
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I'm always drawn to stories about characters who are somewhat isolated inside themselves by their inability to communicate in some way. That's what interested me about 'Children of a Lesser God.'
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We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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We have to look after the health of the players. Quality suffers with too many games.
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But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.
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My son has taken liking for sports and is most of the time playing cricket and football. It is so much fun being with them, as I'm enjoying every phase of motherhood.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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It takes one person to give you a big chance.
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When I was in drama school, I really got into a dark place. I went to a therapist - it was really helpful to have that dialogue with someone. So I understand anxiety.
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With 'Hannibal,' I just really want people to feel something.
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The reality is that art has often risen to greater heights than the people who created it. Many flawed artists have created great works of art. You have to decide if you are going to listen to Richard Wagner's music or not because he was very anti-Semitic.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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There's no end to the inventiveness of critics, I tell you. Because they can't write fiction, they put their impulse into their analysis of work.
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Liberté, égalité, fraternité. Liberty, equality, fraternity. Watchword of French Revolution. And bold and hard adventures t' undertake, Leaving his country for his country's sake.
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Is it OK to admit to being slightly obsessed with the TV programme 'Great British Menu?'
