Ian Mcewan Quotes

By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage.

Ian Mcewan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 21, 1948

Topics

GoodFutureFaithJusticePeople

I started in the supermarket business in the early '70s. And by '75, '76, I realized you don't have a business unless you own the real estate.

John Catsimatidis

BusinessReal EstateYouEarlyReal

'Canticum Sacrum' is wonderfully archaic. What Stravinsky does is extraordinary. It takes you on a journey from Gregorian chant right through to the modernism of Webern - and all in 17 minutes.

John Tavener

JourneyYouRightExtraordinaryDoes

I'd like to see more female heads of studios because what's also being crucially lost is the female perspective: 50% of the population are not having their stories told.

Trudie Styler

PerspectiveLostMoreSeePopulation

Well, I'm English.

Roger Michell

WellEnglish

Henry David Thoreau was an oddball job quitter and ne'er-do-well who evolved into the bearded sage of literature, natural history, and civil liberties.

Michael Sims

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I'm one of those people that thinks the world changes in smaller and in more mysterious ways than a lot of people like to think. A lot of traditional charities and organizations do things that on the surface seem like a good idea, but it doesn't change the way that people think about interacting with other people.

Misha Collins

ChangeGoodPeopleWorldThinkWay

I've always been a 'small goals' kind of guy.

Luke Combs

GoalsSmallKindAlwaysGuyBeen

Funny enough, the person who is most bummed out to hear I won't be back is Mark Cuban. Despite what you might surmise from on screen, he and I are actually good friends - just really competitive good friends.

Chris Sacca

FunnyGoodFriendsEnoughYouBack

I'm going to be who I am and believe in what I bring to the table every day.

Brock Osweiler

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What made me empathic was my depressions.

Alice Weaver Flaherty

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I've worked with very few directors who've asked of me what I asked of myself.

Asia Argento

MyselfMeFewVeryDirectorsAsked

I'm a bit of a shopaholic. I've been working in the Bollywood film industry since I was 17, and I have always been financially independent, but I think I would be useless looking after my own money.

Shilpa Shetty

MoneyLookingThinkIndependentOwn

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