Iain Banks Quotes
The news team, and Hamin, seemed well pleased. 'You should have been an actor, Jernau Gurgeh,' Hamin told him. Gurgeh assumed this was intended as a compliment.Iain Banks
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
Walter Lippmann -
When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose greatest waking fear was that I would become an actor.
Sam Neill -
With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want him to feel that everything or that our love for him will be based on how much he has achieved.
Dan Hill -
You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
Waris Ahluwalia -
What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
D. B. Sweeney -
I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from - and then I remember why I do what I do.
La'Porsha Renae
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When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.
Fatima Sana Shaikh -
I'm very interested in the idea of a large group of people who come together quite suddenly, but not illogically, for reasons that could not have been anticipated.
Rachel Kushner -
And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
Tanya Tucker -
Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
E. F. Schumacher -
There are a lot of Christian fundamentalists; there are a lot of Muslim extremists. Every religion - Mormonism - has something way on the side that's completely using the religion as some weird backbone for their twisted faith. It has nothing to do with their religion.
Patrick Wilson -
Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
Rafael Cruz
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We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.
Orville Redenbacher -
Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.
Dalai Lama -
All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.
Daniel Boone -
Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light.
Damon Wayans -
These days, many people are unwilling to see their dog as an animal. Let's face it: they are cute, but they will bite. Not only do I look at dogs as animals, I look at myself as an animal, which explains why, since I got my permit, I drive with my head out the window.
Taylor Negron -
The pancreas is by far the most complex organ in the body.
Patrick Soon-Shiong
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The future of any corporation is as good as the value system of the leaders and followers in the organization.
N. R. Narayana Murthy -
Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.
John C. Maxwell -
I moved to Chicago in the early 1990s and I studied improvisation there. I learned some rules that I try to apply still today: Listen. Say yes. Live in the moment. Make sure you play with people who have your back. Make big choices early and often. Don't start a scene where two people are talking about jumping out of a plane. Start the scene having already jumped. If you're scared, look into your partner's eyes — you will feel better.
Amy Poehler -
The difficulty with the present state of affairs is that there is no legislation on the sources of funding for the Polish film industry. There is no legislation concerning filmmaking. And, there is no legislation on television that would be beneficial to filmmaking.
Andrzej Wajda -
Mendelssohn is the inventor of religious kitsch in music. His first essay in this genre is a masterpiece, the Fugue in E Minor, published in 1837 but written ten years earlier, when the composer was eighteen ...
Charles Rosen -
The news team, and Hamin, seemed well pleased. 'You should have been an actor, Jernau Gurgeh,' Hamin told him. Gurgeh assumed this was intended as a compliment.
Iain Banks