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John Lanchester Quotes

By the time I was three years old, I'd lived at 10 different addresses in six different countries.

John Lanchester

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Time Three Old Years Lived Six

When I first went to acting school, they made me lose my accent, which is very upsetting for me. The first day of Shakespeare class, I remember the professor was like, 'Oh, boy. Oh no, no, no, no. No, no, no,' and sent me to a voice and speech class to get rid of the accent immediately.

Day School Me Voice Remember Lose

The C.E.O. of Google doesn't look like a Dick Cheney World Domination sort whom we should worry about as Google ogles our houses, our oceans, our foibles, our movements and our tastes.

World Worry Look Google Domination

As people get older, we all know, you get married and you have a child and that becomes your family, but when you're 16 years old, especially, your family is your friends.

Stephen Chbosky

Family Child People Friends You Old

One cannot live on potatoes alone. It is said that one wants bread with potatoes. And when there's no bread, a Jew takes his stick, and goes through the village in search of business.

Sholom Aleichem

Live Business Alone Search Village

If we can afford food stamps and housing subsidies, why not gun stamps to help urban citizens survive the next Islamist assault?

Food Survive Gun Help Why Housing

We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror, stick out our chests, suck in our bellies, and say, 'Damn, we're Americans,' and smile.

Smile Mirror Day Every Day Look Say

Disaffection stalks around us.

I know a lot of people think, 'She's so glamorous.' But that's really not me at all.

People Me Think Know She Glamorous

With TV, it's the same way as preparing for the game of football. To get better at football, you have to watch the film and watch those who came before you and played the game, and yes, the first year you come in as a rookie and you're not gonna be as good as when you come in as a vet, and I applied that in the same way to 'Ton of Cash.'

Good Football Game Better Year You

I was the only kid who anybody I knew has ever seen actually walk into a lamppost with his eyes wide open. Everybody assumed that there must be something going on inside, because there sure as hell wasn't anything going on on the outside!

Eyes Walk Hell Inside Outside Kid

I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act.

Food Care Want Act Just Stuff

I don't see female characters as different or inferior to male characters.

Cheo Hodari Coker

See Inferior Different Female Male

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