Iain Banks Quotes

You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really.

Iain Banks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Helping others is the key duty for everyone on this earth who is remotely capable to do so.

Joanna Krupa

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Music is important.

Jessi Colter

MusicImportant

President Roosevelt, the author of Social Security, was the first to suggest that, in order to provide for the country's retirement needs, Social Security would need to be supplemented by personal savings accounts.

John Doolittle

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Connectivity is important to our state, including the opportunity for our citizens to see our legislative process at work.

Matt Mead

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If I didn't have my films as an outlet for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up.

Angelina Jolie

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My movies are usually about stripping off the makeup, getting down to the skeleton.

Michael Douglas

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I don't know how to do the other, so I won't even consider television until the audience's taste changes.

Mary Tyler Moore

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What I know is that the possibilities are always endless when it comes to 'Hamilton.' It's broken several records. Audiences are really being touched by it, they're being moved by it, and they're in love with the music.

Joshua Henry

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Everything else was snarky and high concept, while 'Roseanne' was just a normal family.

Jonathan Krisel

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What you do is, you have your drawing board and a pencil in hand at the telescope. You look in and you make some markings on the paper and you look in again.

Clyde Tombaugh

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In India, we never distinguished between history and myth. Our Puranas as well as Itihasas contain fantastical tales. They are lies that convey deeper truths.

Ashwin Sanghi

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I really like jackets and tend to buy them to the detriment of my need of all the other items.

Ali Smith

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