Russell Banks Quotes
There is a wonderful intelligence to the unconscious. It’s always smarter than we are.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm probably a natural uncle. I can take the kids out and have fun with them and look after them, and I can be Mr. Popular. But actually having to do the grind? That stuff just doesn't appeal at all.
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Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'
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It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it.
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My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids won't grow up to be connected to him.
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My house borders horse farms, and I can look out my window and see the horses and the new colts. It's really peaceful.
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I'm very active, wild woman.
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Last four months were great for me, was probably one of the best four months of my career, playing unbelievable in the clay court season.
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George Soros is one of the few characters from the world of finance who deserves to be called larger-than-life.
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I can do a good roast with my eyes closed. I'm amazing with gravy. That's my speciality; even other people ask me to do gravy at their house. I'm very proud of my gravy.
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But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.
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I have had many more close women friends than men, and I've always assumed that comes from the fact that in my family there was such a disproportionate female element.
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You have to be real with yourself. No one is doing that. People are too concerned with making everything look nice and calm and pretty.
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I can't remember when 40 points was the last place total at indoors. I knew we were on shaky ground coming in, but if you told me we would score 40 points - I'd thought that would be good for seventh place. I'm sad to finish last, but we're loaded with young talent that will help this team in the future.
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If you get all tangled up, just tango on.
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In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic.
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I speak and speak, [...] but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. [...] It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.
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I love seeing people be successful! I love that. It's wonderful. There's enough room for everybody.
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A wonderful story collection set between one place and another and shaped by a fearless sense of comedy.
