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John Lanchester Quotes

My mum had this amazing ability to deflect things, and from an early age, I knew what I was not supposed to talk about.

John Lanchester

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: british
Birth: February 25, 1962

Topics

Age Amazing Early Talk Ability Knew

I've never considered myself an actor; I get much more immediate satisfaction singing. If you sing good, people clap. On television, you never know whether you've done well or not.

Good Myself People Singing You Know

I don't have any intention to be anti-gay or to persecute the gay community.

Community Intention Gay Any

I'm all for selling books, but when guys are burning my house down, that's where I draw the line.

House Selling Down Line Where Books

The place where we keep our clothes isn't always the only place where we keep our commitments.

Stephanie Coontz

Clothes Place Always Where Keep Our

At the risk of sounding pedestrian, I'll be completely honest: the first thing I do in the morning is check Google News, partially because it seems sort of random and unbiased and partially because I tend to stay in hotels that don't necessarily have the fastest Internet connections.

Morning Random Connections Internet

I don't like to see people get kicked around. You have to stand up for them.

Luis Alberto Urrea

People Stand Up Stand You See Up

I love doing television.

Love Doing Television I Love

In 'Ozark,' the truism that we are not as likely to do as well as our parents did in the past is front and center.

Past Parents In The Past Center Well

I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.

Wislawa Szymborska

Peace Fight Quiet Imagine Cannot

One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.

William Jennings Bryan

Believe Easy Miracle Just Another

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.

Effort Think Nothing Clearly Means

Even a poor man doesn't ask alms unless he sees you have the ability to give.

Man You Poor Ask Poor Man Ability

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