Ian Mcewan Quotes

London in the '70s was a pretty catastrophic dump, I can tell you. We had every kind of industrial trouble; we had severe energy problems; we were under constant terrorist attack from Irish terrorist groups who started a bombing campaign in English cities; politics were fantastically polarized between left and right.

Ian Mcewan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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If someone is genuine, compassionate and kind, that is a turn-on. A sense of humor is a huge turn on, and that goes hand in hand with intelligence.

Jennifer Nettles

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You know, you cut taxes for the rich sometimes and it sits in a bank account. You cut taxes for the middle class, they will spend the money.

Andrew Cuomo

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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus' death and resurrection.

John Ortberg

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Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

Andy Warhol

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Actors are not a great breed of people, I don't think. I count myself as something of an exception. I grew up in the theater, and my values were about the work, and not being a star or anything like that. I'm not spoiled in that way, and if I fight for something, it's about the work, not about how big my trailer is.

Amy Irving

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Donald Trump may occasionally say things that are controversial or even objectionable to some, but those are words.

Tom Cotton

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The simplest way to prepare Dungeness crabs is to boil them in the shell and set them in front of your guests with crab crackers or crab hammers, cocktail forks, and plenty of napkins.

Tom Douglas

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Crony capitalism is not capitalism - it is cronyism.

Rupert Murdoch

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With my mother, I moved from one household to another before settling in the eastern part of Finland, in the city of Kuopio.

Martti Ahtisaari

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Twitter can be incredibly valuable as an open communications mechanism, but if you close too many things down too quickly, if you think about it too short-sightedly, you could easily do a lot of damage to that ecosystem.

Mike McCue

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I made the choice to go into the world of underground poker.

Molly Bloom

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Every first episode of a season has been crafted like another pilot.

Anna Torv

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