Iain Banks Quotes
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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I was a teenager with braces and into sporty dresses with bright colors and cut-outs. For awhile, I really experimented with what I wanted to do. Some really extreme things, I recall.
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First time I walked out on the Opry stage, Vince Gill was there. He kind of 'daddied' me through the whole thing. My knees were knocking. I walked out there, and I was literally shaking. They say it's the spirits or the ghosts. And out of respect for that whole establishment, I was really really nervous.
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Literary dementia seems dated now, but there was a time when a month in the funny farm was as de rigueur for budding writers as an M.F.A. is now. To be sent away was a badge of honor; to undergo electroshock, a glorious martyrdom.
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There is not a separate God for each person. There is one universal intelligence flowing through all of us.
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I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not live as a hermit, though other people would prefer it if I did.
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I started gigging when I was about 16, and I was way too young to be in the clubs.
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In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands and stifling breath. I could not hear the rhythm of the march.
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Doing 'Malcolm and Eddie' was probably the foremost miserable years of my life.
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Nevertheless during these two seasons, Chapman impressed me a lot because he had the faculty to pull himself out of the most critical situations.
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Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?
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I was an adventurer, and I got married a few times. I kept trying to find a relationship as good as my parents'.
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I haven't heard Obama ask us for our consent when he's trying to ram Obamacare down our throats.
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The European way is also the United Nations' way. And we believe in the U.N. because we believe in the same principles, in the same values, and our communities are built upon the same fundamental ideals.
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Our Prophet was a radical too- he fought against the injustices of his community and challenged the feudal order of his society, so they called him a radical. So what? We should be proud of that!
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I pre-suppose, of course, a reader who is willing to learn something new and therefore to think for himself.
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Benchmarks are targets that have to be fulfilled. They cannot be fulfilled in an indefinite period of time, so there are timetables in benchmarks.
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When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove their trash.
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I t needs to be done. I t does destroy your car . I t's a hazard all around for bicycles, motorcycles and cars.
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I would rather sing about my love affair or about a woman or to a woman than some guys any day.
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It's all about developing an atmosphere where players want to support and help each other. You want a nurturing place where they feel they can make mistakes, ... Philadelphia's got one of the great passers for a big man in Webber. And one of the great players as far as scoring guards in Allen. Certainly, that should give them some momentum to work with as they go through the year.
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I have found that women are not only just as much interested as men are in flying, but apparently have less fear than the men have. At least, more women than men asked to go up with me. And when I took them up, they seemed to enjoy it.
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Ethics seems a morass which we have to cross, but get hopelessly bogged in when we make the attempt.
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I am not being obtuse. You are being paranoid.
