Iain Banks Quotes

I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!

Iain Banks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Everybody reads for me. I was never weird about that. I never minded coming in and reading. They should know if I'm the right person, and I should know if I want to do a movie.

Jodie Foster

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War, in our country, ought never to be resorted to but when it is clearly justifiable and necessary; so much so as not to require the aid of logic to convince our understanding nor the ardour of eloquence to inflame our passions. There are many reasons why this country should never resort to it but for causes the most urgent and necessary.

John C. Calhoun

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I started acting when I was at Amherst my junior year, and my lacrosse career kind of started to flop sideways after that.

Jeffrey Wright

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In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.

Maya Angelou

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I've realized you can use a fork as a spoon if you use it rapidly enough.

John Mayer

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Like, my house has a nice view, because, you know, I was on 'Friends.'

Matthew Perry

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I'm sure, to many people, my life is not that exciting, but to me every day is an adventure.

Angela Kinsey

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A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

Angela Carter

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However, as the Eastern churches have always maintained, through Christ creation is intended eventually to share in the life of God, the life of divine nature.

John Polkinghorne

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I love heels, I'm telling you. When I walk in flats, I get knee pain.

Sofia Vergara

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Festival line-ups should have all types of music. It's part of cultural growth.

Sigrid

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I was a skinny 17-year-old.

Roger Rees

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