Iain Pears Quotes
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It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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Odd Future's like a network as opposed to like a rap group.
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
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I am not suggesting that just by taking the Metro, I will save billions. But I hope others will follow.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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When you're lucky enough to get paid a nice chunk of change to write a movie or a TV show, you have no right to complain, really. I guess it's more of an appeal to the powers that be that the less they interfere, the more likely, actually, they are to get something that works, I think.
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I had the longest, biggest bowl cut. It looked like I had a perfectly straightened mop on the top of my head.
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I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
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You have to change your life for yourself, and it's about the fun of getting there - sitting in the tour van, breaking down on the side of the road, you know, having a laugh with the guys in the band, making mistakes with nobody watching.
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One of the things I love about writing is the way you can use what you know and what you've experienced, without actually writing about yourself. I've given many of my experiences and perceptions to many of the characters in the book, but none of them is me.
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I worked in feature film casting right out of college and spent a lot of time working with actors, directors, and producers.
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You have to be an anti-racist to not be racist. Because it's just a cultural tide that will pull you into it if you're not swimming against it.
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There are people doing yoga in New York, dancing around; that's the power of India. You go to a nightclub somewhere in Spain and there's Amitabh Bachchan on the screen there, dancing around. That's the power of India. That's the power of Indian people.
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The result showed the wisdom of your orders.
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Give peace a chance.
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The tree is but a huge boquet.
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Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless.
