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Iain Banks Quotes

I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: scottish
Birth: February 16, 1954 - June 9, 2013

Topics

Future Looking Think American Look

I learned from my dad that there may come a time in life when you need to slow down and take a breath and deal with things, and that's OK, but whatever you do... Don't stop, and don't quit. Even if it's hard, you can't be lazy.

Life Time Slow You Down Stop

Modeling is fun, but unless it's runway, it's just not my thing.

Fun Modeling Runway Just Thing

No matter what job I've undertaken, whether it was Glory Kickboxing or Strikeforce or Pride Fighting Championships or Showtime Championship Boxing, you have to play by the rules of the company you work for.

Work Job Pride Fighting You Rules

Some people say I'm a young man in a hurry. Well, guess what: they're right.

Man People Young Say Young Man Well

When I was growing up, there weren't any Little Leagues in the city. Parents worked all the time. They didn't have time to take their kids out to play baseball and football.

Mike Krzyzewski

Time Football Baseball Parents City

For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever.

Positive Beautiful Me Mom Thought

Some people think architecture is about the genius sketch; I don't. Great architecture is a collaboration among a lot of people over a long period of time.

Joshua Prince-Ramus

Great Time Architecture Collaboration

Sometimes the songs just come to me. I don't sit down to write like you'd sit down to make a pair of boots.

Me Boots You Down Sometimes Write

I wanted to be one of the best players of my era at my position. And I did that, and I earned that. No one gave that to me. I earned every single thing.

Chauncey Billups

Best Me Single Position Earned Era

I'm competitive at everything.

Everything Competitive

The idea of peer critique, of talking about each other's art - I just found it so useless.

Art Talking Useless Peer Just Idea

A person can be big, because of spirit. A person can be big because of their position in the family, the hierarchy in the family. That role has been played by women who are quite thin.

Phylicia Rashad

Family Women Person Spirit Big Role

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