John Lanchester Quotes
I grew up abroad, and when I first passed through London in the 1970s, it seemed a drab and provincial place.
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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I love doing eyes - my signature look is a cat eye. I think it's so feminine, and it reminds me of old Hollywood.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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I created something that became a phenomenon without becoming a prisoner to it.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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Revenge doesn't stop.
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As an actor, you're always worried about getting stuck on a show that's not good because working actors need the paycheck. So being cast on a regular procedural, where everything gets wrapped up by the end of the episode, was always a fear of mine because that doesn't really test you as an actor.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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Kuhn was the intellectual of whom many scientists said he's 'telling it as is it is' insofar as talking about a process of 'tinkering' in terms of theory and experiment followed by radical changes. But often, what Kuhn had in mind were some very spectacular incidents in the history of the sciences that changed our way of looking at the world.
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If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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I want everyone to know there is always someone there for you.
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Are you eating it? Or is it eating you?
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Why must it be in human nature to hear one thing but to believe in another?" "Because we want things to get better," I said. "Otherwise we would all give up.
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A girl can tell I like her when I blush or start telling bad jokes.
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I knew that if I was captured by the Germans I would be shot at once, since I have always been counted as an enemy of Germany because of my play, Le Bourgmestre de Stillemonde, which dealt with the conditions in Belgium during the German Occupation of 1918.
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I grew up abroad, and when I first passed through London in the 1970s, it seemed a drab and provincial place.
