John Lanchester Quotes

I'm a huge fan of Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' movies - I went to all three of them on the day they opened and have seen all of them several times since.

John Lanchester

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I'm a huge 'Game of Thrones' fan.

John Corey Whaley

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From everything I can read about Aussie spiders, it seems like all they really like doing is hiding in your house or garden or car until you 'accidentally' disturb them - probably by doing something crazy like putting on the shoe they are lurking in - and they can officially bite you to pieces.

John Niven

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Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.

Toni Morrison

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Once I'm committed to a role, I will go very deep into it, even when I'm not at work. I'll keep on studying the script, maybe 40 or 50 times. I might call a scriptwriter at three in the morning to say I've thought of something new.

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

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I've grown to love it, but I'm not like a lot of other people who were always crazy horror fans like Eli Roth or Quentin Tarantino.

Jason Blum

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Game theory is a branch of, originally, applied mathematics, used mostly in economics and political science, a little bit in biology, that gives us a mathematical taxonomy of social life, and it predicts what people are likely to do and believe others will do in cases where everyone's actions affect everyone else.

Colin Camerer

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Resilience is woven deeply into the fabric of Oklahoma. Throw us an obstacle, and we grow stronger.

Brad Henry

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The state of Alabama is serious about economic development, and we have shown that the Mobile region has a skilled workforce that is developing every day, strong infrastructure, and an abundance of natural resources.

Bradley Byrne

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I have the courage of my convictions.

Brigitte Bardot

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No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their government.

Anthony Foxx

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Cameron Diaz was so cute at the MTV Movie Awards when she pulled her skirt up and wiped her armpits.

Pink

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I started playing the violin at age 3, and I was very fortunate because there were people who heard me who were influential in getting me auditions. By the time I was 7, I was playing concerts - it was just ridiculous.

Phil Ramone

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