Jonathan Raban Quotes
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I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.
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I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
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No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.
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I do watch a lot of YouTube.
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Why do you need to do a fancy cartwheel for before you hit him? It just looks stupid.
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The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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If I had a daughter, and some guy came home with her, I'd be on him like a hawk. When I meet people's parents, I know my place. It's not that hard.
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I don't know if I'm able to play a cop for the rest of my life.
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If you have a group of people come together around a vision for real discipleship, people who are committed to grow, committed to change, committed to learn, then a spiritual assessment tool can work.
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Can America continue down the path President Obama is taking us on, to a time soon and certain when a majority of wage-earners pay no income taxes but a majority of citizens receive federal benefits?
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My mom is a sculptress.
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You get a sense of how the show works and then let your personality take over.
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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
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Traditional local advertising is not what retailers want. They want not just for you to see an ad - they want you to come into the store, to be a repeat customer and to spread the word.
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I was actually picked on as a kid. I guess in high school it started to change for me. I guess being picked on made a lasting impression on me so I never - whenever somebody calls me handsome or anything like that, I never take it for granted. I appreciate it every time I hear it, so it's never something that gets old.
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And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.
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If you enjoy reading something, read it.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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Part of the fun of writing is having messages. Without them, it's all gunfights and car chases, and none of it means anything.
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When you are famous, you never can be sure why somebody's being nice. You just have to develop a very good sixth sense. I call it my bullshit detector.
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Seattle is this curious liberal 'island.'
