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 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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I don't know how I got involved in 'Celebrity Wife Swap.' It came from my agent Hugh. He got the opportunity for me.
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I'll read a recipe but then decide, 'Well, it's sort of like this, then.' Or I'll go to the fridge and think, 'I'll see what I can put together,' and I'll combine beetroot and sausage and prawns with goat's cheese sprinkled on top and think, 'I like that they're all slightly pink. It looks fine and... actually, it is fine.'
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Marriage is the most basic expression of the vocation to love that all men and women have as persons made in God's image.
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It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.
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I remember, for the first time, sitting down and consuming books in a matter of hours. This was such a new experience for me because reading, up until that point, had been such a struggle and source of stress. I think I just needed to find the right kind of stories with which I could identify.
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Forget the past - the future will give you plenty to worry about.
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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.
