Iain Pears Quotes
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Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.
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Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do in order to live, we have to solve the communication problem. Language is the tool that was invented to solve that problem.
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At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
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A new idea - whether it's a way to collect solar energy more efficiently or a cheaper way to desalinate sea water or a new seed to boost the amount of food we can grow - can stretch the physical resources we have, or even multiply them. And the ideas themselves don't ever wear out.
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A few years ago, I found out that there's a lot of Gypsy blood on my mother's side. I'm wild in that way - I've been brought up to do my own thing.
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In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for a story to be transposed to any other time.
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Eddie Haas talked a lot about not hitting the ball in the air.
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I remember the days of sitting at book signings, playing with my pen when no one would come, and still I even then thought I was living the dream, because I had a book out.
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I went to school and studied music for a year at USC, which unlocked a bunch of doors for me in terms of my relationship to music.
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Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
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Anything where I get to write a lot of jokes and have a lot of creative control - that's all I want.
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I want to continue to remain present and grateful each day that I get to be doing what I love. Making and performing music I believe in.
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I consider myself a student of many religions. The more I learn, the more questions I have. For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress.
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I made a clean version of 'Enter the Ninja' that my mom can listen to.
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I'd probably play games obsessively if I didn't write, although I admit I don't read novels partly because I don't enjoy it, not just because it's the wrong side of the creator-consumer barrier for me. I'm a visual writer. I think in moving 3D images and write down what I observe.
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Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again.
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The wise trusts not only to his physical eyes - thus he can see clearly.
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Typecasting is a good thing. It's good to be known for what you do.
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Always think that what you have to do is easy and it will become so.
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Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
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The proof of liberal virtue is generousity with other people's money.
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Diplomacy and virtue do not make easy companions.
