Ian Rankin Quotes
I am, of course, a frustrated rock star - I'd much rather be a rock star than a writer. Or own a record shop. Still, it's not a bad life, is it? You just sit at a computer and make stuff up.
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Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday.
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As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
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I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
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We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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Only four secretaries of defense served longer than Robert M. Gates. Many others were as dedicated; many sacrificed a great deal. Alone among them all, however, Mr. Gates had the task of turning around two wars that the U.S. was losing.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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Nature teaches us that tens of billions of light years may have passed, and life in all of its expressions has always been subjected to an incredible combination of matter and radiation.
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This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.
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I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.
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I want to be free... free to develop my art.
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My mother is incredible. I mean, still is today.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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I don't let anything kill my spirit.
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Being wrong on facts, that's something you have a real responsibility to correct. But being wrong in the fun sports way is part of the interplay.
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To finally reform higher education, we should start by asking fundamental questions, such as, Why does it take four years to get a degree?
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I think one has to say it's not just simply a matter of capturing people and holding them accountable, but removing the sanctuaries, removing the support systems, ending states who sponsor terrorism. And that's why it has to be a broad and sustained campaign.
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For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have.
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One of the sad truths about leadership is that, the higher up the ladder you travel, the less you know.
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I am, of course, a frustrated rock star - I'd much rather be a rock star than a writer. Or own a record shop. Still, it's not a bad life, is it? You just sit at a computer and make stuff up.
