Iain Banks Quotes
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Justice is never given; it is exacted.
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Sometimes you just wonder whether people just don't have the sensitivity or decency. I'm a member of the media myself: I host a talk show. I know sometimes when you want to ask something, you can circumvent it with words and vocabulary. You don't suddenly just go out there and ask something directly in the pretense of being absolutely candid.
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This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.
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Interviews make me so nervous - I can't get a sentence out of my mouth.
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I honestly can't describe what goes on in my head when I'm out there. People who don't wrestle can't possibly understand it. When I'm in the ring, I don't feel any pain. I'm in another world out there.
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In international relations, you don't base your work on hope.
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I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.
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I've always liked to dress up; I've always liked to look good. You look good, you feel good, you play good.
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The Iraqis are not threatened by the Turks or by the Iranians or by the Saudis and they tell me that these are not weapons of mass destruction, they are weapons of self-destruction.
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The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them.
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If women built the bridges or were meant to build the bridges, then they would have done it.
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Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too.
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I try to eat healthy. But sometimes, though, I eat cheeseburgers. That's good for the soul. I make sure to balance everything out. I drink tons of water.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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What is without periods of rest will not endure.
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Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
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The military is a place of discipline, technical proficiency, and personal sacrifice for the greater good.
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For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a street kid, in a lot of trouble committing crimes and stuff. Music gave me something to focus on.
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Your life could be taken from you at any moment. Between AIDS and the violence against gay people that was so prevalent back then, you really didn't feel like you were living in the United States of America, in a first world country. You had a sense that life was a precious commodity you had to fight to keep.
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I don't look like a model, but you have to work with what you got.
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Politics is not like an ocean voyage or a military campaign... something which leaves off as soon as reached. It is not a public chore to be gotten over with. It is a way of life.
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I have a very big family and a lot of friends, and buying presents is one of my favorite things to do.
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In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.
