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 created something that became a phenomenon without becoming a prisoner to it.
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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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Everything starts as somebody's daydream.
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It is a universal principle that you get more of what you think about, talk about, and feel strongly about.
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The goal for me is always to have the opportunity to work in different genres. This is a great and exciting time in my career, where I can have the opportunity to work in different genres, and also I recognize there's not a lot of actors who have that opportunity and I'm grateful for it.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
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You couple a sense of entrepreneurship with an extremely intelligent, technically capable people who understand markets, and that's what you see happening in India. India has a leg up on China.
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A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.
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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.
