John Lanchester Quotes

In the U.S., it is a crime to lie to a federal agent, and it's often this that sends people to jail over financial matters.

John Lanchester

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It was understood that when I left to do the pilot that I wasn't coming back.

Joan Van Ark

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Consolation of music is different from the one of words. It starts from the inside... It cries with you instead of telling you to stop crying.

Ji-Hae Park

MusicWordsYouStopInsideStarts

Unfortunately in the U.S., the courts have pretty much sided with the GMO lobby and suggesting that a farmer has no rights to be protected from GMO contamination.

Joel Salatin

FarmerRightsPrettyCourtsMuch

When you have children, you can't say you're not interested in money.

Sloan Wilson

ChildrenMoneyYouSayInterested

The government of Macau, of China, has been empirical and pragmatic and has brought hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, a feat unequaled in the history of civilization in any country.

Steve Wynn

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I wouldn't eat a 1,000-calorie bowl of spaghetti for dinner, but I've always loved pasta and think it's a good addition to any meal and a great base for pretty much any vegetable. It's also great when I have a nervous stomach before race day.

Mikaela Shiffrin

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People come up to me in pubs - gay pubs, mind you - and can't believe that I'm gay.

Luke Evans

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I love celebrating music in different and unique ways.

Joshua Bell

LoveMusicUniqueDifferentWays

Watching a film should feel like you just tore a hole out of the air and the void caught fire.

Josh Fox

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As someone who has researched and written about the Mexican cartels and the futile 'war on drugs' for coming on twenty years, I know how tough a subject it is. Mind-bending, soul-warping, heartbreaking, it challenges your intellect, your beliefs, your faith in humanity and God.

Don Winslow

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A journalist gathers information for a media outlet that disseminates the information through a broadly defined 'medium' - including newspaper, nonfiction book, wire service, magazine, news Web site, television, radio or motion picture - for public use. This broad definition covers every form of legitimate journalism.

Dick Durbin

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Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purposes, and relevance of the contemporary arts, specifically music, for a society which by and large seems to manage quite well without them.

Brian Ferneyhough

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