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Iain Banks Quotes

A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Science Culture Reading Early Very

One thing that always frustrated me was that, while Benjamin Franklin's was the best-known face of the eighteenth century, no one ever took his sister's likeness.

Me Sister Face Always One Thing His

Well, I look at it like this: When you go to a restaurant, the less you know about what happens in the kitchen, the more you enjoy your meal. If the soup tastes good, everything's cool, and you don't necessarily want to know what's in it. The same thing holds true with movies.

Good Cool Kitchen Soup Restaurant

There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.

Music Soul Nothing Uplift Like

There was something about being in front of audiences when I was in elementary school plays that gave me a thrill. It was like the rush you get from a roller coaster drop.

School Me You Roller Coaster Rush

Kissing in the movies is a real art - figuring out where to put your heads so it looks good on camera. I have had other co-stars who couldn't work that out, which made it a lot harder for me.

Work Good Art Me Camera Looks

I can't save the world, but if I can share some ideas, people might be able to save themselves.

People Ideas World I Can Share Able

I've always been fascinated by intelligence and how our brains work, and how they can be improved.

Work Intelligence Always Brains Been

I want to do Indian films based on scripts with a universal appeal.

Want Universal Indian Based Appeal

A lot of people say don't let bad vibes into the studio, but I love to. If you're having a bad day, write a song that feels like that.

Love Day People Song Bad Day You

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that.

Norman Schwarzkopf

Great Man You Know Want Military

Our men and women in uniform put their lives on the line for our nation every day; they should not have to jeopardize their financial well-being as well.

Women Day Men Financial Every Day

I see the love in my child's eyes when he sees me, and I know it's gigantic. As an older person, I've been in love before, and I've loved, but this is really an immense, out-of-control-proportion amount of love that you can't even describe.

Love Eyes Child Me Loved You

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