William McIlvanney Quotes
There is a kind of laughter people laugh at public events, as if a joke were a charity auction and they want to be seen to be bidding.
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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
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Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
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Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. It's like... malaria or something. Maybe it won't be cured, but you've got to take the medication you're prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it.
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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My label understands that I am really attached to Malaysia, that I come home a lot.
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I'll proudly stand with one of the great leaders this state and country have ever produced: Rick Perry.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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I always make my favorite pancakes with milk, and I also add some fruit - like a banana or apple with some cinnamon sprinkled on top. I also sometimes put peanut butter on my pancakes!
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I've always been creating my whole life, you know. I've just had a need to create, whether it was sculpting or writing or directing. It's just ever since I was a kid, I don't know.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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I feel like fashion and music relate to each other in a lot of ways. I always had to be creative: I'm a very creative person. I always liked making stuff. Apart from music, I always liked making clothes. You're able to express yourself.
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L.A.'s always been good to me.
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My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.
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My vision of punk rock was these dudes who were spitting on the audience and moshing. That's why I kind of left that scene. Then I see all these people around my same age or between 17 and 25 that were making music themselves in their own town. They weren't just singing, but creating. I see them putting out this music where there are tons of women involved in the scene and involved in the bands.
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Just like an animal, when you want to survive, you don't think anymore.
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There are a lot of bands that have a huge appeal, but I don't understand why. Guns n' Roses. U2. But you know, that's just my thing. Music is pretty personal.
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You read a lot of pilots during pilot season, and not all of them really grab you.
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There is a kind of laughter people laugh at public events, as if a joke were a charity auction and they want to be seen to be bidding.
