Iain Banks Quotes
My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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Now that our kids are getting older, they need their space. We dug out the basement so they will have a place to go crazy in the wintertime. My son is already talking about how he's going to make a skateboard ramp. It's just a mosh pit down there, so they can do whatever they want. We're not even going to finish it.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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When all are wrong, everyone is right.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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I've waited so long to get to this point, and I'm so happy to be making my first album. I want to be a performer and an entertainer.
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I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, because my sins were a hindrance to me.
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I read in the paper that I'd slashed my wrists. But I didn't.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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Education was something my parents always put a lot of emphasis on. It was naturally in me, and my sister is equally driven. She is a paediatric endocrinologist.
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Whatever you are doing, give it all of your attention. Prioritise what you're going to do carefully, and then be in the moment.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.
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I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.
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I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
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The big difference between the radio show and the TV work is that I don't have to work by committee on the radio show. I'm the DJ; I can play what I want and suffer or get praised by that. With a TV show, it's much more of a collaboration, and the song that I might think is perfect may get shot down and vice versa.
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The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not.
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This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.
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Largely as a result of the policies and priorities of the Reagan administration, more people are becoming poor and staying poor in this country than at any time since World War II.
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It is never too late to be who you might have been. It is always possible...
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It is important not to suppress your feelings altogether when you are depressed. It is equally important to avoid terrible arguments or expressions of outrage. You should steer clear of emotionally damaging behavior. People forgive, but it is best not to stir things up to the point at which forgiveness is required. When you are depressed, you need the love of other people, and yet depression fosters actions that destroy that love. Depressed people often stick pins into their own life rafts. The conscious mind can intervene. One is not helpless.
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My work as a naval officer in World War II enabled me to serve on 49 different South Pacific islands so that I came to know the area about as well as anyone.
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My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.
