Iain Banks Quotes
There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun.Iain Banks
Quotes to Explore
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We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'
Valentina Zelyaeva -
It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you're producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?
Adam Braun -
What I believe will make my acting career successful going forward is hard work. I like to challenge myself. Then it's the people I meet and choosing the projects I want to work on correctly. There's a lot of characters I can play.
Barkhad Abdi -
The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
Saint Augustine -
Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed.
Barbra Streisand -
I grew up playing golf, and if I were ever good enough to play professionally, I would get to travel the world while playing a sport I love.
Taylor Cole
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It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
Cameron Sinclair -
Every day in the year there comes some malice into the world, and where it comes from is no good place.
Lady Gregory -
I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.
Magic Johnson -
On 'Death Valley,' I fought this werewolf, and he was picking me up and slamming me down. They put padding down in the garbage so he could really slam me down. They're flying around and I'm doing these jumping flying triangles pulling the guy down. It's just fun.
Caity Lotz -
The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
Gary Bettman
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I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
Gaby Hoffmann -
'Trapped in the Closet' is pretty much forever. I've got a leash on this thing now. I'm going to walk it.
R. Kelly -
I think that Indy is special to me. The greater the distance between the last time I drove an Indy car and the next time, I wouldn't like that to be too big.
Danica Patrick -
Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
Walter Bagehot -
Lupe Fiasco is kinda cool. I like him a lot.
Yuna -
I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.
Carl Sandburg
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I love history because when you strip away the social and political aspects, it's really just a bunch of fun stories.
Duff Goldman -
Many biblical passages teach that we're not saved by our own efforts but by the grace of God alone. But the same passages also tell us good works are an essential evidence of the salvation experience. We're not saved by good works, but for good works. It begins with God's grace, and it's sustained by his grace as you shape your character by what you do as you cross the bridge.
David Jeremiah -
Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.
Bella Abzug -
I love New York. I'm working on Broadway, and it's a great way for me to get my feet wet in acting and a great way to season yourself as a performer.
Taylor Hicks -
I think that Harold MacMillan is a very intelligent man, who, as so often happens in politics, achieved supreme power too late.
Malcolm Muggeridge -
There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun.
Iain Banks