Ken Follett Quotes
There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.

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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.
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I'm a monomaniac with one goal: clean air from clean energy.
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At every Christmas, I fail to remember the daughters' shoe sizes, and they are not growing, but grown. After ostensible hard thought about who needs what, I have failed to give good gifts; I have failed to receive good gifts.
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Early in the morning, it's super tough for me to eat right away, but I still need energy for practice. I try to start out with a protein smoothie, a green juice, or some sort of fruit.
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For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your essence you remain a nomad or a soldier facing a difficulty to be overcome.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
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I don't know how I got out of some of the scrapes I was in. But I know that there's some sort of plan.
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I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
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I want to get within myself and write. I really, really want to write.
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Various channels of dialogue must be kept open to build trust. I will meet North Korea's leader if it is needed to develop relations between the two Koreas.
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An outsider's point of view is always handy.
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I'm always looking to do things that are really different from each other.
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A historical event represents the best and the worst of that moment.
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I like the quiet life sometimes. I also love a bustling press conference sometimes as well. I love a 600 metre red carpet.
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There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories - simple.
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There is a lot of wisdom in selling off some subscribers because it just eases that regulatory question. This hastens the time when there is real competition in local phone.
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There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.