John Lanchester Quotes
A lot of the time in modern Britain, certainly in urban life, we barely have any contact at all with the people around us.
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Daniel was a wonderful and trustworthy partner. And a fine prankster as well.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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I use coconut oil every single day. I apply coconut oil on my whole body for moisturising. The oil can also be used as make-up remover, as it is light-based and is not sticky.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.
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It's not really difficult to go from one voice into the next.
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This adoration of an artist as a lone genius is quite misled, I think, because they are very much part of their time and their community.
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If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.
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I've got no anti-America or anti-Hollywood kick, it's just that I never wanted to go and kick my heels around L.A. for six months hoping something would happen.
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It's always been my dream to be an attorney, and I'm that weird breed of human being that loves being in a courtroom.
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The Australian film industry has recognised Tropfest as a place to nurture young talent. It's a stepping stone between amateur and professional.
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If only media people would stop reaching for the low-hanging fruit, which is cynicism and pessimism, and stopped trying so hard to be hip and cool and have a swagger.
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For a long time I found the celebrities of modern painting and poetry ridiculous. I loved absurd pictures, fanlights, stage scenery, mountebanks backcloths, inn-signs, cheap colored prints; unfashionable literature, church Latin, pornographic books badly spelt, grandmothers novels, fairy stories, little books for children, old operas, empty refrains, simple rhythms.
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A lot of the time in modern Britain, certainly in urban life, we barely have any contact at all with the people around us.
