Ian Watson Quotes

That iPad you just bought. Do you care that it cost a few pence to manufacture? No. It's cost you several hundred pounds because somebody else was willing to pay that much for it. If they weren't... it wouldn't.

Ian Watson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 20, 1943

Topics

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Both of my grandmothers were diagnosed with breast cancer - one is a survivor and one passed away.

Jessica Simpson

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History releases me from my own experience and jogs my fictional imagination.

Jennifer Gilmore

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There's no question that I've done wrong. I take full responsibility for having done wrong. I will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that I've caused to others. But I did not break the law.

John Edwards

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To distract myself from writing, I was singing Bob Dylan's 'My Back Pages.' You know, 'I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now.' I thought, 'I should write a character like that.'

Andrew Sean Greer

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In the 19th century the anatomy of the eye was known in great detail and the sophisticated mechanisms it employs to deliver an accurate picture of the outside world astounded everyone who was familiar with them.

Michael Behe

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History gives you insight of the same quality of truth as poetry or philosophy or a novel.

Simon Schama

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When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.

Mike Johanns

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When you're a musician, a lot of time people help you out; they take pity on you. Family members will kind of come around and are like, 'Listen, I bought you a bunch of groceries because I know that you're a screwup.'

Brian Fallon

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I've known since I was five that I wanted to be a writer.

Svetlana Alexievich

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The president's dream of a worldwide liberal utopia is going to undermine the security of the United States.

Peter T. King

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My style is dependent on my moods, so I feel like it's all over the place.

Shantel VanSanten

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I have worked long and hard to try to reduce my debts, and I am devastated that it came to this conclusion. I now intend to focus on the remaining dates of the Westlife tour and my commitments to the band before looking to rebuild a future for my wife, my three children and myself.

Shane Filan

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