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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If women built the bridges or were meant to build the bridges, then they would have done it.
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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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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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President Obama has called for economic and political empowerment of women globally. The Equal Futures Partnership promotes removal of policy, legal, and regulatory barriers that hold women back at local, state and national levels.
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I've built employee perks programs before and it's impossible to manually build a program that makes everyone happy. I'd make a deal with one gym then hear about another gym an employee would prefer. As a small business owner, I didn't have the time or leverage to negotiate and manage dozens of vendor relationships.
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The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.
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I don't look forward to anything. I take things as they come.
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I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, 'Wow, I'm really great-looking.'... I think I'm the greatest, anyway.
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Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic.
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When I was a kid, I had an Atari 2600, and I would play Pac Man, Frogger, all that kind of stuff. And I did enjoy going to the arcade.
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I'm so bored of all these girls who have written about 20 books by the time they're 25.
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In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.
