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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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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The most futuristic aspect of the House of the Future was that it was made almost entirely of plastic.
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James Baldwin is probably the biggest influence on me from a literary perspective.
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There are footballers who are very good playing on the outside but don't know what to do inside. Then there are players who are very good inside but don't have the physique, the legs, to go outside.
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We've always tried to be good citizens in the communities that we do business in.
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My generation, we really have to step up to the plate and vote. Tweeting is great - people say, 'Oh, I don't want this or that' - but at the end of the day, tweeting isn't a ballot. Just saying that you don't like someone on Twitter is not going to turn a state blue or red. You have to vote.
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I terribly miss - we all miss, I think - somebody like the great producer Irving Thalberg. He had a foot in both camps: He understood us creative people. And he understood the money people.
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Is it OK to admit to being slightly obsessed with the TV programme 'Great British Menu?'
