John Banville Quotes

When I say I don't like my own work, that doesn't mean it isn't better than everyone else's.

John Banville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: December 8, 1945

Topics

WorkBetterSayMy OwnMeanOwn

I've been not only articulating the dissatisfaction with Albany, I've been acting on it. I've been very aggressive in bringing public integrity cases and public corruption cases and bringing cases against sitting legislators.

Andrew Cuomo

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Let us account for all we see by the facts we know. If there are things for which we cannot account, let us wait for light.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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TNA has had a lot of great periods - Hulk Hogan even came in, but I don't think he was beneficial to TNA. They spent a lot of money on him, but made a lot of mistakes. They should have saved that money for me.

Matt Hardy

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I can assure the people of Mississippi that, as God is my witness, I strongly oppose the Blair-Holt Act and will fight harder than any human being alive to protect law-abiding Mississippians Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

Angela McGlowan

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It's really important to recognize that family life in America has changed pretty dramatically.

Jeb Bush

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Somehow, as a writer, you tend to use words to paper over structural cracks.

Stephen Fry

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I've sort of decided that I can settle for being just the artist, arranger, writer and part-time engineer. That seems like enough to do.

Tom Scholz

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I read what I like to write: romantic suspense. I also love thrillers and novels of suspense, but I can't handle extreme violence and torture.

Jayne Ann Krentz

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I think that music has an endless life.

Anne Dudley

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Was it my lifelong ambition to be in the movie business? No.

Twinkle Khanna

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My interests in the world of technology are mainly video games, but I like tech as a means to help solve big issues, such as the demands on natural resources.

Thomas Middleditch

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Obama is an intelligent man whose life and work experience sensitize him to class distinctions.

Timothy Noah

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