John Lanchester Quotes
'Whoops!' was a spin-off from 'Capital.' I had the research and wanted to place it somewhere.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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If anything, I was a prodigious eater of everything that was put in front of me. That was probably the only thing my parents wouldn't complain about.
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Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.
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I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it.
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I want to have all that scientific information that we're building be used in designing the future so that people who make geographic decisions - and here it's not just land-use planners, but it's everyone: foresters, transportation engineers, people who buy a house - can analyze all of these information layers and design a future.
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The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same.
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I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special.
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I have vitamins I intend to take to be a better person. I even have a pillbox for them to remind myself to be healthier. But will I take them? Definitely not.
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There are so many misconceptions about me, and it gets frustrating no matter how thick skinned.
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What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences.
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I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.
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I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth.
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I want to do movies but not talk about them.
Nastassja Kinski -
I was one of the only ones there interested in acting. You find when you're doing school plays that a lot of people there were on punishment, or something.
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I only understand realism.
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I've been acting since I was 5, literally since I could walk, and I've always said, 'I think one day I have to be in a fat suit.'
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Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains.
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A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo; and zoo animals have been known to die from stares.
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We must never forget that BYU is not just another "good" university. It was established by the Lord's servants and continues to be blessed with the direction and support of prophets, seers, and revelators. While we may not understand all of the details, we do know that Brigham Young University occupies a key place in the Lord's plans for the completion of His work in these last days.
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We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
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You have to forget about what other people say, when you're supposed to die, or when you're supposed to be loving. You have to forget about all these things.
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If you haven't understood the world you're living in, it's impossible to think that the solution you're coming up with fits.
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'Whoops!' was a spin-off from 'Capital.' I had the research and wanted to place it somewhere.
