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Ian Rankin Quotes

When I was in my early 20s and still at uni, I won a short-story competition: £200 was the prize.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Competition Early Prize Still Won

Singing is actually my favourite thing to do in the world - so when you don't consider yourself as talented at anything academically, and there is one thing you're good at, I think it's best to follow what you're good at.

Good Best Yourself Singing World

I want my clothes to have a life and then end up in a secondhand store, where some cool girl discovers them 20 years later. If the runway or red carpet is the only life clothes have, it's sad.

Life Girl Sad Red Cool End

Polymer chemistry provides an excellent means of studying metathesis catalysts: miniscule catalyst loadings have the capacity to generate large amounts of polymeric material, the structure of which can provide a historical record of catalyst activity.

Robert H. Grubbs

Chemistry Structure Studying Catalyst

Country music tends to be so sentimental and homespun, it's easy to stumble into self-parody, but Haggard has brought a freshness to the themes that places him alongside Hank Williams and Willie Nelson as one of the greatest country music writers.

Music Easy Country Places Him

Artists are supposed to stay hungry.

Michael Connelly

Hungry Stay Artists Supposed

There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done and affirmative action needs to be dismantled.

Black And White Action Black Think

The future is made of the same stuff as the present.

Future Present Same Stuff Made

Obama is a statist. He's an authoritarian. He doesn't want to govern; he wants to rule.

Want Authoritarian Rule Govern He

I've said this before, but after 'That '70s Show' ended, I solely wanted do films that inspire me, and to work with people who make me better. I wanted to just surround myself with people who I think are better than I am, whether they're actors or directors or producers, so that I could learn from them.

Work Myself I Am People Me Better

Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.

Michel de Montaigne

Ignorance Man Rest Pillow Head His

Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.

Good You Outsider Being Writer

I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.

People Mind Eye Treat Think Look

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