John Lanchester Quotes
Cheap money feels like the most natural thing in the world - if you don't think about why it's so cheap.
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I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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When they offered me 'Wayne's World 2,' they said: 'We were going to give this to another actor, then we thought we'd see you'. I just thought: 'Surely you always had me in mind for that just in the way that it's written?', but they never admitted it. It was a wonderful gig to do. Really special.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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I thought, you know the food and the diet thing is one way to start yourself onto a healthy lifestyle, but if you don't move, if you don't start exercising you're gonna deteriorate.
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Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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One's appearance bespeaks dignity corresponding to the depth of his character. One's concentrated effort, serene attitude, taciturn air, courteous disposition, thoroughly polite bearing, gritted teeth with a piercing look - each of these reveals dignity. Such outward appearance, in short, comes from constant attentiveness and seriousness.
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I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.
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If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer.
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I wouldn't be able to do the songs as long as I've been doing if I didn't feel the pulse of the world. But I can feel people and I know what they want. I feel like I know how they are, because I am the people. And I just have a gift.
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I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.
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I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.
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Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what's important.
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Disco told audiences to dance, while punk told them to be anything but passive. The artists didn't mind; in fact, they encouraged it.
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Writers never really like each other anyway. Our insecurities get in the way.
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I had the strength and the finesse there and put it all together.
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New Orleans taught me that mourning takes many different forms. Where I'm from, mourning is spirited. It is loud.
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Cheap money feels like the most natural thing in the world - if you don't think about why it's so cheap.
