John Lanchester Quotes

Hospitality is central to the restaurant business, yet it's a hard idea to define precisely. Mostly, it involves being nice to people and making them feel welcome. You notice it when it's there, and you particularly notice it when it isn't. A single significant lapse in this area can be your dominant impression of an entire meal.

John Lanchester

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The debate on climate change has been tainted by its excessive concern with individual and national interests, short-termism, and lack of solidarity in face of global threats.

Jens Martin Skibsted

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'Know thyself' is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say 'know others.'

Menander

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The questions that our society must ask revolve around whether the time-consuming demands of the deep-reading processes will be lost in a culture whose principal mediums advantage speed, multitasking, and processing the next and the next piece of information.

Maryanne Wolf

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Can one truly be passionate about something if they are not committed to it?

Monica Johnson

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Congressional opposition to immigration reform or emergency funds doesn't stem from any philosophical objections or differences of principle. It stems from a calculated, petty, selfish rejection of anything Obama proposes.

Donna Brazile

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Boxing's not a career for anyone: it doesn't last long enough to be a career.

Chris Penn

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Standing on the apex of our planet is humbling. I'm starved of oxygen, depleted of reserves, unable to eat, and bound by anxiety. This is a dangerous place. Yet the symbolism of standing on top of the world gives me a chance to experience time on a cosmic scale.

Conrad Anker

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He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.

Aphra Behn

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There are faith-based movies that some people don't consider good, but every time it comes to the scene where someone's life is changed, that still affects me.

Shawn Michaels

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I am a romantic, in a literary way, by which I mean the Romantic poets, who thought just because a sensation is fleeting doesn't mean it isn't valuable. If the only criterion of value is whether something lasts, then the whole of human life is a waste of time.

Sebastian Faulks

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Maybe that's my lot in life as an actor, to be the guy who gets crapped on everywhere he goes. Oh God.

Rider Strong

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I certainly have been writing stories that are hard science fiction, that are very reminiscent of 'Golden Age tales' from the '40s and '50s. I've also written stories that are very high fantasy that are the direct opposite of that style.

Ken Liu

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