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.John Lanchester
Quotes to Explore
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
Jackie Chan -
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.
Frances Beinecke -
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.
Ed Speleers -
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.
Oliver Sim The xx -
Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
A. Whitney Brown -
To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
Daisy Fuentes
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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.
C. S. Forester -
Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
Sally Pearson -
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.
Gayle Forman -
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.
Viggo Mortensen -
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.
Raf Simons -
I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
B. F. Skinner
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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.
Campbell Scott -
My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
Dan Gable -
My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
Laura Linney -
We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
Barbara Jordan -
I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
Natalia Kills -
People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
Wayne Coyne
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If you always think about your dreams or goals, work steadfastly towards them and continue to challenge yourself, you will definitely be able to realise those dreams or goals.
Tadashi Yanai -
I had worked in Hindi films like 'Jaago,' 'Abra Ka Dabra,' 'Koi Mil Gaya,' but 'Desamuduru' was a different experience.
Hansika Motwani -
It's an oddity that will be avoided by millions of people, this new 'Pinocchio.' Osama bin Laden could attend a showing in Times Square and be confident of remaining hidden.
Elvis Mitchell -
In Jaipur, I did almost everything from regional theatre to Shakespeare's plays. But when I shifted to Mumbai, I joined Anupam Kher's academy, Actor Prepares,to hone my acting skills.
Ashish Sharma -
There's a lot of annoying things about me. I don't know, I'm really shy at first, and I don't really like it. I wish I was a little more outgoing.
Kendall Jenner -
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.
John Lanchester