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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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 have had just an excess of energy. That's why I've always been active.
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I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists.
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I take everything I learned from the streets and put it in my NBA game.
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I like to race, not to do laps alone.
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When I was a child, one of my first games was a time machine which I made for my brother - a big box covered in silver and bits of cellophane. I'd close him up in it and joggle him and say, 'We're in Victorian times now... and now we're in Egyptian times, and I can see all these pyramids and pharaohs.'
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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.
