Iain Banks Quotes
The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides.
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
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For skincare, I'm a Clean and Clear girl. Especially with the humidity in Georgia, Clean and Clear has been pretty good to me with all of the makeup we have to wear. My skin really responds to that product. I'm also a big fan of Kiehl's under-eye avocado cream.
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Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
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'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.
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Formula One has been the backdrop of my life.
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I wish HP nothing but the best. I think HP is an icon. Those of us who had their careers in the Valley think of Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett as role models. We would love to be half as good as they were.
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Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.
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I've always been a leader my whole life. I've always led. I didn't know how to do anything else.
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I view myself as a dealmaker.
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I find the comic book audience a lot more intense than the fantasy one, definitely.
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While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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I spent a huge amount of time by myself. I daydreamed and learned how to be alone and not be lonely.
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If I was gonna go to jail, I don't want to go to jail for stealing a bottle of water. I'll steal that $20 million. At least then it was worth it.
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I love to play the game, love to be around the rink, and love to joke around with my teammates and have some fun.
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I noticed when I was writing the book that I would tend to mention 'outside' songs right through to about the middle of the 70's. And then all of a sudden that starts disappearing from the book, and just about everything I'm talking about from that point on are the records that I'm totally involved in.
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Personality is more important than beauty, but imagination is more important than both of them.
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I think things that are really, really not good are easy to see. But films that are decent can either be made good or great based on the execution. At the end of the day, it's always a crapshoot about the execution, the level of taste, in any department.
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I personally didn't go to any marches or anything like that. For me, all lives matter, you know what I mean?
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We are being swallowed up by the popular culture of the United States, but then the Americans are being swallowed up by it too. It's just as much a threat to American culture as it is to ours.
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The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides.
