Iain Pears Quotes
Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless.
Iain Pears
Quotes to Explore
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
Jack Adams
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
Warren Christopher
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I am not suggesting that just by taking the Metro, I will save billions. But I hope others will follow.
Veerappa Moily
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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.
Paige VanZant
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I live for the text. It's my job.
Ian Mckellen
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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.
Beau Willimon
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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.
Cameron Dallas
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I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
Oscar Wilde
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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.
Imelda May
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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.
Kate Grenville
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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.
Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be there when the time comes.
Jaclyn Smith
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Physics most strongly insists that its methods do not penetrate behind the symbolism.
Arthur Eddington
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I tend to write at the piano, but usually the melody and lyrics come first. Like, I'll be in the shower, and I'll start singing, and the melody and the lyric will just come out. Then I'll quickly try to finish the shower, try to remember it, record it on my phone and save it for the studio.
Eliza Doolittle
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Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.
Carl Lewis
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One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar.
Oscar Wilde
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Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless.
Iain Pears
