John Lanchester Quotes

A lot of the time in modern Britain, certainly in urban life, we barely have any contact at all with the people around us.

John Lanchester

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LifeTimePeopleContactModernUs

Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience.

Robert South

ExperienceSurpriseWonderStops

The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.

Jeff Bridges

WorkYouActingTalentsWonderful

It's a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. It's a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful.

Michael Bolton

PowerfulWithoutSomethingDifferent

I'm a taker in terms of jokes. I love to hear a good joke, but I don't retain jokes. I'm not a good teller of jokes.

Steve Carell

LoveGoodJokeJokesHearTeller

They say people live to be happy. If you actually think about what happiness is, it's nothing much. When you get to eat ramen after feeling really, really hungry, that's happiness.

RM

LiveHappinessHappyPeopleBe Happy

My whole career this is the biggest failure financially, but at the same time, it's one of my favorite things I've ever done.

Mike Binder

FailureTimeCareerDoneSameWhole

I got very lucky with the family I was born into. From my older sisters to my mother and father, they're just good, kind-hearted people.

Milo Ventimiglia

FamilyGoodFatherMotherPeople

Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding.

Diane Arbus

LoveUnderstandingMisunderstanding

Playing big teams is something I really enjoy - the bigger the team the better.

David Silva

TeamBetterEnjoyBiggerBigReally

I love my Kindle, but there are many books that I need to physically own. I think having the choice makes all the difference. Instant gratification - buying a book digitally and owning it sixty seconds later - really is a revolutionary act.

Chuck Hogan

LoveBookThinkChoiceNeedSixty

Sometimes my friends and I are sill,y and sometimes we're serious, and sometimes we're emotional, and sometimes we're not.

Susanna Fogel

FriendsSeriousSometimesEmotional

I always bring my little ukelele along in my shopping bag which my dear, sweet father bought me. After all, you just never know when a song might come along.

Tiny Tim

FatherMeSweetShoppingSongBag

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