John Lanchester Quotes
Fires and floods, we're hardwired to accept them or at least file them under Bad Things Happening. But there's something so abstract and so modern about a bank making a technical mistake about how it funded its obligations to depositors, and suddenly you're out of work.
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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Certainly our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters need to be supported in living out their call to holiness.
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I don't think it's good for people to know too much about you. With my favourite bands, I don't want to have the inside track on every single aspect of their personal lives.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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When I listen to President Obama speak to and about women, he sometimes sounds too paternalistic for my taste.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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I think every teenager feels like a Martian in something, whether it's in their family, I think, or in their school. I think every teenager, every human being has a sense that they don't belong somewhere.
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I'd like to, when it's all said and done, say that I have at least a few stories that I feel proud of.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
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I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
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The strength of a theory is not what it allows, but what it prohibits; if you can invent an equally persuasive explanation for any outcome, you have zero knowledge.
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'Day of the Dead' remains my favourite zombie film of mine.
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The way Hollywood portrays mothers - you're either all good and saint-like, or you're all bad. And I think the real honesty of motherhood is not given a voice in movies. I miss that as an audience member.
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The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subjugated races to possess arms.
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I'm an emotional guy.
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Fires and floods, we're hardwired to accept them or at least file them under Bad Things Happening. But there's something so abstract and so modern about a bank making a technical mistake about how it funded its obligations to depositors, and suddenly you're out of work.
