John Lanchester Quotes
My standard Nando's order is a chicken breast burger served 'medium,' which is still fairly spicy.
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If one line about the film excites me, I try to take it forward.
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In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.
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I'm a very competitive person. You won't change things unless you are prepared to fight, even if you don't win. But I do hate losing.
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I am fully aware of the concept of political revolutions. After all, that is what we hoped might happen in the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, but what actually happened was capitalist restoration.
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The Backstreet Boys were so ten years ago. Whatever.
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I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess.
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I study to learn, to be an educated person.
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I don't read the critics.
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The 'M*A*S*H' cast loves each other with unconditional love; our domestic animals love us with unconditional love.
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How hard a thing is life to the lowly, and yet how human and real!
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To those many millions of you unfamiliar with my work, I play a caddish British doctor in practice with Mindy Kaling on her excellent sitcom 'The Mindy Project.'
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I've always said AOL is great opportunity for somebody.
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I am not an educated man. I never had an opportunity to learn anything except how to fight.
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There was a big difference between Ron Paul and me when it came to the 'no.' His 'no' was philosophical. It was reasoned. It was right. My 'no' actually put a stop to legislation. It cut spending. Mine carried further than just no.
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The memory came faint and cold of the story I might have told, a story in the likeness of my life, I mean without the courage to end or the strength to go on.
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I've been through so many changes in my life womanIt's a wonder I ain't lost my mindAnd I ain't never said how much I need you sugarBut I sho' need you by my side.My love, just thinking about you babyJust blows my mind.
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Every government on earth is the personification of violence and force, and yet the doctine of non-resistance is as old as human thought - even more than this, the instinct is as old as life upon the earth.
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Cast in this unlikely roleIll-equipped to actWith insufficient tactOne must put up barriersTo keep oneself intact - Limelight (1981)
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Fantastic days are what you wish upon those who have so few sunrises left, those whose lungs are so lesion-spangled with new cancer that they should be embracing as much life as they can. Time's a-wasting, go out and have yourself a fantastic day! Fantastic days are for goners.
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My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.
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He who has never hoped can never despair...
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A man whose eyes love opens risks his soul - His dancing breaks beyond the mind's control.
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My standard Nando's order is a chicken breast burger served 'medium,' which is still fairly spicy.
