Ian Rankin Quotes

I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and I won first prize. The first story was published in a newspaper. The second went out on radio.

Ian Rankin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: April 28, 1960

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A black person grows up in this country - and in many places - knowing that racism will be as familiar as salt to the tongue. Also, it can be as dangerous as too much salt. I think that you must struggle for betterment for yourself and for everyone.

Maya Angelou

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I just remember really loving words and writing about anything I could, and the way I'd remember things, like my library card number, was to make a melody.

Julia Michaels

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I think it's really finding that belief in yourself, where you just have it no matter what's going on, no matter what anyone else says. I think that's the challenge, is to really have that belief in yourself.

Brandy Norwood

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Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind.

Bryant H. McGill

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In film, there's so many little things where not just the actor can blow his lines, but technically, it doesn't quite come off in the perfect way envisioned.

Ali MacGraw

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Getting married is a childhood dream for me.

Pratyusha Banerjee

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I hope to introduce my audience to who I think is the next class of YouTuber.

Tyler Oakley

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We can preserve Social Security benefits for generations of Americans without privatizing this important program.

Richard Neal

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The status quo is not working, and I believe that Donald Trump is going to be a phenomenal president.

Ryan Zinke

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Don't be the schmuck on the other side of the table. Don't get an interview with the guy. Be in the room with him while he's being interviewed by someone else.

Richard Ben Cramer

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In those days there was not so much pressure on us.

Just Fontaine

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Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

Gustav Heinemann

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