John Lanchester Quotes

One of the things that happens to you if you write about restaurants - one of the reasons restaurant critics are the real heroes - is that whenever anyone has a grievance about any aspect of the business, they tell you about it.

John Lanchester

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The idea that you would not only exercise but that you would enjoy it is very difficult for me to understand. I just hate it.

Jimmy Kimmel

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I don't really experience much embarrassment.

John Grant

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I just kind of understood it, and I threw my love for others and love for life into the character, and was having a blast. I loved playing Dharma. I loved it!

Jenna Elfman

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My dad for a long time was an accounting professor at Rice University. And then he went out on his own, and he got hired by a client. He ended up being CEO of a hospital management company before he retired, called Lifemark.

John Mackey

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Government policies and regulations in the postcrisis era have aided the hollowing-out of middle America far more than anything the private sector has done. These changes even expanded the wealth gap by making asset owners richer at the expense of renters.

Michael Burry

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I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.

Steve Earle

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I have a life coach out with me on tour, a very nice guy from L.A. He just prepares me for each day.

Ronnie Wood

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I have a wonderful wife I met at Rutgers while we were both there. She was in the Ph.D. program. She is not an actress. She definitely brings balance to my life. We actors can tend to bore anyone with shop talk.

Mike Colter

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I just want to redeem myself and show the world that... it wasn't a fluke that I won at nationals. I can compete on the international stage as well.

Mirai Nagasu

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I like to think of myself as a true artist.

Luke James

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There's a lot of freedom in failure, and I can see that now.

Min Jin Lee

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I have lots of hard-earned knowledge about women through heartbreak - and social faux pas. When I was about 15, thinking I was engaging in light conversation, I asked a woman when she was due. Of course, she wasn't pregnant. I learnt the lesson never to ask again.

Joshua Jackson

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