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Ian Rankin Quotes

People aren't coming to me looking for political essays or polemic - they're looking for a rattling good story.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Good People Me Looking Story Coming

The function of combat is not merely to perpetrate violence, but to perpetrate violence on command, instantaneously and reflexively. The function of the service academies is to prepare men for leadership positions where they may someday exercise that command.

Leadership Service Men Violence May

People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well.

People Doing Enjoy Well Who

I knew from a young age that I wanted to perform. I went to an arts camp called Brookdale Arts Camp, in New Jersey, from the time I was 6, and then I was a counselor there through high school.

Age Time School High School Young

The great object of the institution of civil government is the improvement of those who are parties to the social compact.

John Quincy Adams

Great Improvement Government Social

The funny thing is that I almost find it more difficult now to take a still picture than to be behind a moving camera. I'm just so much more inspired and comfortable and confident when I have that whole operation going. I feel more connected. Snapping a moment doesn't seem relevant to me anymore.

Funny Moment Me Moving Confident

There's more musical freedom on Madison Avenue than anywhere else. It's an Eden for a composer.

Freedom More Anywhere Than Eden

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please.

Lesson Ready Hand Always Over Books

I like that I'm not typical. I like that I'm called 'no-genre hip-hop.'

Hip-Hop Like Typical

Over the years, I've hurt my thumb, separated my shoulder, and injured my back, but not too bad. Actually, my back was hurt pretty bad. I had to take an ambulance and was in bed for a week.

Hurt Week Bad Back Bed Shoulder

When we were very, very young, I was actually better than Cate was at swimming, and I was not very humble and thought I was the greatest thing ever and rubbed it in her face a bit, and then she started trying really hard and started beating me.

Bronte Campbell

Humble Me Swimming Face Better She

That's a mistake I think that a lot of Western observers make is to assume that Korean nationalism is hundreds if not thousands of years old. When in fact nationalism is incompatible with Korean Confucian tradition.

Brian Reynolds Myers

Mistake Think Tradition Nationalism

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

William Shakespeare

Honesty Truth Legacy Rich

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