Iain Banks Quotes
By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
Iain Banks
Quotes to Explore
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I'm very content.
V. S. Naipaul
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
Barry Goldwater
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I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture of the two involved.
K. D. Lang
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
Karan Mahajan
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That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
Gamaliel Bailey
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The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.
Warren Ellis
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Solange's new album, 'A Seat at the Table', is so many things at once: an antidote to hate, a celebration of blackness, an expression of the right to feel it all. After a move to Louisiana and period of self-reflection, the artist joined forces with a range of collaborators to put her new discoveries to music.
Tavi Gevinson
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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
Dag Hammarskjold
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If the British Isles had an official vegetable, it would have to be the potato.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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You just can't control your art in the future.
Damian Loeb
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I've always wanted my own fragrance; Avon pairs with the way I think: what they do and represent, what they do for women, and the good causes such as domestic violence, and breast cancer.
Kate del Castillo
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I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers.
Rafael Nadal
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In human life, economics precedes politics or culture.
Park Geun-hye
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I think that if you can't be loyal to the Church, it's best to get out.
A. N. Wilson
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It's a really common trap to want your life to live up to some standard that you believe in, and then you start to really examine those standards and realize they come not from experiences you've had, but things you've seen in movies, or feelings you've felt listening to pop songs, or ideas you've received from reading books. And not just happy things, but a lot of the time, sad things. It gets kind of depressing, when you see how movies and songs make these promises to us.
Will Sheff
Okkervil River
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I like zombies; I like them fine. But I don't have a long list of zombie movies or books that are among my favorite things in the world.
Steve Hockensmith
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People think if you're working class, there has to be some fascist element underneath.
Irvine Welsh
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By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
Iain Banks
