"Ian McEwan is a very good writer; the first half of Atonement alone would ensure him a lasting place in English letters."

-- John Banville

#Half Quotes #Letters Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea.”

Source : Alexander McCall Smith (2008). “The Miracle at Speedy Motors”, p.22, Anchor
“The basic difference between classical music and jazz is that in the former the music is always graver than its performance - whereas the way jazz is performed is always more important than what is being played.”
“I've learned that I need to spell out, even in cases seemingly so blatant, that in fact I am not taking this at face value and am being 'sarcastic.”
“So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job.”
“It's psychologically a weird experience to be so aware of the fact that the real time of your life is moving much faster than the fictional time you're trying to depict. You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.”

Source : Interview with Nicole Rudick, believermag.com. October 1, 2007.
“Staying humble has always been really important to me, and always being proud of what you're representing.”

Source : "Gymnast Jordyn Wieber on Staying Focused and Crushing on Justin Bieber". Interview with Caitlin Brown, www.self.com. June 27, 2012.
“When you turn on your radio, you don't always want to hear about someone shootin' some person. Even if that's the lifestyle they live, people don't always want to hear it.”
“Imprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from AllÃ¢h. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.”

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