Iain Banks Quotes
How depressing, the Sleeper Service thought. That it should all come down to this; the person with the biggest stick prevails.
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I'm a total people pleaser.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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But I think we need the international market.
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My centre of who I thought I was was never very consciously about being beautiful or attractive - I think I'm one of those people who's actually grown into their looks.
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I was a Girl Scout!
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Women and gay men have something in common after all: in that they are trying to deal with this goofy egotistical monster called a man.
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We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union and that is already an advantage. We have seen the positive effects of this and our parliament will continue to go this way.
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I think of my poems as personal and public at the same time. You could say they serve as psychological overlays. One fits on top of the other, and hopefully there's an ongoing evolution of clarity.
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The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
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I wouldn't just lay my voice on anything. But I'd love to do a collaboration, like a Calvin Harris track, for example.
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Keep your elbows soft. Keep your elbows looking fine.
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The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.
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I'm fascinated by sports, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing.
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As much as movies are about the words that you're saying, they're also about what's not said, the silent moments.
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I'm trying to be more organized, put together, and be more kind to myself. I'm really hard on myself and really just self-critical and always striving for this perfection which doesn't exist.
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All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.
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Filming is a witnessing process. You don't try to control it, even though sometimes you wish you could because it can go really, really wrong for you.
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Everything I do is somehow connected to velocity.
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Companies like Spotify, the new Apple service, and all the others are really going to have to pay artists more. And I think it's a matter of time; I think a lot of these companies and the individuals that are involved in them realize that as well. They know that artists are not getting what they should be getting.
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The Keystone Pipeline would create good-paying jobs. Not only where the pipeline is being built, good-paying construction jobs, but manufacturing and service opportunities in Colorado along with the Keystone Pipeline.
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Acheson 'never for one moment believed that the holding of office was a source of power – it was an obligation of service.'
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Newt Gingrich is one of the brightest people in the Republican Party and he's always been a little unorthodox in his approach to politics, but that's what makes him Newt Gingrich.
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How depressing, the Sleeper Service thought. That it should all come down to this; the person with the biggest stick prevails.
