Iain Banks Quotes
In theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have normal jobs like teaching and computer programming.
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'Frontline' started doing digital content in 1995. We started streaming our films in 2000.
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Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and notes many things which do not exist. The same thing frequently takes place with regard to the force of words, when the critic is inferior to the writer.
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I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era.
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When you're babysitting a kid, all you're seeing is a version of them, a small dosage.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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We have a relationship with Syria, an old relationship. We also have good relations with the people of Syria, with all segments of the population. This is the situation as well in Iraq and other countries.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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I see myself as a story teller.
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I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.
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The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
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It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
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I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
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We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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Because travel has always been such a vital part of myself and so essential to who I am, I have made the decision to continue to put myself back out into the world. And that's not an easy decision to make.
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What is a hero without love for mankind.
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My comics have changed so much over the years, in the writing, in art style, sometimes incrementally, sometimes quite suddenly. So I've cultivated an audience who will go along with me because they trust me.
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Skullcrack City messes with your mind the way William Burroughs or a bellyful of hallucinogens will do. I'm a longtime fan of Johnson. A master of derangement, he's been bringing it for years. This time, though, it's different. He's burst into the clear and is taking seven-league strides across the literary landscape.
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Objection is when I say: this doesn't suit me. Resistance is when I make sure that what doesn't suit me never happens again.
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In theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have normal jobs like teaching and computer programming.
