James Lasdun Quotes

The short story seems like the best of all possible worlds. I do feel it is closer to writing poetry than to writing a novel, with its requirements of concentration and economy.

James Lasdun

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When I was a kid, the high point of the day was to go to the mailbox and see if any mail came for me, and I'm still stuck in that mode.

Jim Beaver

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I don't think I would want the responsibility for enforcing the death penalties. There's always the inevitable question of whether someone you gave the order to execute might truly have been innocent.

Jesse Ventura

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I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.

Robert Mapplethorpe

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Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

Matthew McConaughey

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An actor gets to take a nap, but the director is working hard from dawn till midnight. I'm kind of lazy.

Michael Horse

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My friend Paul Ryan talks about fiscal responsibility, but voted to put two wars on a credit card.

Steny Hoyer

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I'm a boring guy who's got a great job in a profession that still gives me a great deal of pleasure after 35 years.

Sonny Mehta

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The town formerly known as St. Louis is now 'Defiance.' The scope of the show and game is going to be massive because you have the people who love the genre of gaming who love sci-fi; they're in bed together, normally.

Tony Curran

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I never achieved my first goal in the National Actors Theatre, which is to have a permanent Acting Company.

Tony Randall

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Listen, if my career was to end tomorrow, I would have no complaints whatsoever.

Rod Stewart

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Jobs follow people. People don't follow jobs.

Mick Cornett

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My brother is a scientist. He's a professor at MIT. He brought science fiction into my world.

Chris Carter

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