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Ian K. Smith

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To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
JEAN-LUC GODARD
Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ...
FEREIDOON YAZDI
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
GOLDA MEIR
To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is.
JOHNNY RICH
Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy

"To go outside, and there perchance to stay
Or to re...
HENRY N. BEARD
To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.
TOM ROBBINS
The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr...
C.S. LEWIS
I know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who ...
NEIL GAIMAN
Be yourself, be who you can be.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo...
GERMANY KENT
We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where exp...
SHERYL SANDBERG
A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung...
PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE
He blesses us so we can be different.
CRAIG GROESCHEL
To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be...
AL GOLDSTEIN
The words I'm singing now Mean nothing more than meow to an animal
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is.
LJUPKA CVETANOVA
To be rich simply means,to be able to meet people's need.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
when your heart touched mine,I knew then we were one.
THERESA M WILSON
To be rich simply means to be beneficial to others.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.' -Mrs. Huxley about Emma
DEBORAH HEILIGMAN
That's silly,' said Martha. 'Friends should always tell each other the truth.
JAMES MARSHALL
Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women...
JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN
In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be “perfect” men and women ...
JEFFREY R. HOLLAND
And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You ju...
JOAN BAUER
There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we ...
THOMAS S. MONSON
Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It l...
JUSTINA CHEN
Now she is ignoring me as first

...

AS second


Not every word...
DEYTH BANGER
Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i...
JOSEPH CONRAD
No matter how intelligent or successful a person may be,not every body can handle the rigours of pub...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery...
WILLIAM GLASSER
True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of o...
RALPH W. SOCKMAN
You get a job when you have the right qualifications and work experience. Similarly, individuals sho...
MADDY MALHOTRA
Personal faith can be a powerful force for public good.
DAVID PRICE
The sad heart needs work to do.
JOAN BAUER
Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
GEORGE MACDONALD
The most attractive thing about you should have less to do with your face or body and more to do wit...
GERMANY KENT
People need to be educated so that they can make intelligent moral choices
GARY L. FRANCIONE
Meant to be" allows for lazy. The idea of destiny alleviates anxiety; it comforts us. We stop believ...
STEPHANIE KLEIN
Five billion people have played Hamlet. 'To be or not to be.' And how do you do that and fin...
ANNETTE BENING
Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ...
GERMANY KENT
If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a ...
ORLANDO BLOOM
How to be wealthy;Birth an idea & then take it to the market place & believe that the market place w...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
It's a sheer and an utter nonsense to even think or imagine that a person can gain and retain people...
ANUJ SOMANY
How to be perfect;Think nothing,say nothing & do nothing.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
How to be Great;The moment you realize & accept the ordinary fact that those doing great things toda...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
How to be great;Think of a gigantic & unheard of idea to birth & nurture & inside it lies your great...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
Stay true to yourself.Take everyday challenge in your stride & strive to make journey of life exactl...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Be true to yourself.Give wings of confidence & courage to your endeavour. Your strength is reflected...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. T...
THOMAS S. MONSON
Be true to yourself.Let your belief & thoughts for right cause are not compromised at any cost thoug...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Just because you love someone doesn't mean you're meant to be together.
MICHAELA D.
If you can put your mind to it anything can be achieved but to pull something out of nothing althoug...
GARY F EVANS...
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the p...
EPICTETUS
We must be more and more to each other, my dear wife.' -Charles Darwin to wife Emma upon loss of dau...
DEBORAH HEILIGMAN
I wish you knew how I value you; and what an inexpressible blessing it is to have one whom one can a...
DEBORAH HEILIGMAN
Everything that's attractive, beautiful, shiny, bright... we put it on ourselves. It can be passed o...
HOWARD WILLIA
I must hold myself accountable to always be inspired, only then can I dedicate myself to inspire oth...
JASON J. POMALES
Hank Green's Secrets of Productivity:

1.) I have convinced myself that if I am not using ...
HANK GREEN
Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love.
CAMERON DOKEY
Be as successful as a Smith.
GREGORY C. DUGGER
Auditions can be very intimidating and that is not what we are all about. That is why we hold auditi...
DONNA ADAMONIS
Another source of power in government is a military force. But this, to be efficient, must be superi...
NOAH WEBSTER
Choose your destiny, but, do be reminded of who granted you the opportunity. That's the Lord God Alm...
SHEVANIESE BROWN RODNEY
Kids can be harsh, especially when they get jealous.
ALIA SHAWKAT
Be nice to people... maybe it'll be unappreciated, unreciprocated, or ignored, but spread the love a...
GERMANY KENT
Our families, the Scott and King families, have been chosen to lead what I feel is a movement toward...
EDYTHE SCOTT BAGLEY
Ultimately, we want to know, 'Can a student be successful here? We don't want to admit people who ar...
DAWN MEDLEY
Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right ...
WILFRED PETERSON
We fall in love because we long to escape from ourselves with someone as beautiful, intelligent, and...
ALAIN DE BOTTON
When there is no reason to be happy, that's all the reason you need to happy
SOTONYE ANGA
We are afraid of ourselves and our own unconscious minds. When we are building something that reflec...
GRAY SCOTT
It's up to you to be anything you want. This should make you sober
SOTONYE ANGA
I was emotional. I wanted to be taken seriously. I was pretty emo. I was reciting Shakespeare monolo...
CONSTANCE WU
How to be a Poet (to remind myself)

Make a place to sit down.
Sit down. Be quiet. <...
WENDELL BERRY
if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI
It's easy to point out other people flaws, but it takes TRUE courage and strength take a look in the...
YVONNE PIERRE
We are far from perfect but willing to be different.
CRAIG GROESCHEL
The people who help us grow toward true self offer unconditional love, neither judging us to be defi...
PARKER J. PALMER
It's important to be informed but I also think it's important to be inspired. I'm creati...
DARYN KAGAN
Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly;
In my own way, and with my full consent.
Say...
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
You realize the limits of your body. The thing you don't want to do is freak out and swim hard. At s...
CAN OSTEN
Kurtuluş Savaşı yılları... Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin kuruluşunda emeği geçen ama gölgede kal...
CAN DüNDAR
Divers have found there is no air left in the holds of the ship. That means sea water has filled the...
CAN KARACA
They must be all dead, if there is anybody else in those holds.
CAN KARACA
There is little hope to find them alive.
CAN KARACA
Bi sen eksiktin ayışığı
Gümüş bir tüy dikmek için manzaraya!
CAN YüCEL
We must be inspired to expect more from ourselves than what we believe to be possible!
DR.'S RICK AND SUSANN CRAWFORD
Each of us is under a divinely spoken obligation to reach out with pardon and mercy and to forgive o...
DIETER F. UCHTDORF
I could not sit seriously down to write a serious Romance under any other motive than to save my lif...
JANE AUSTEN
Be who you want to be not what others think you should be.
BILAL SAIF
Human is what he decides to be.
ZAMAN ALI
Because I want to be remembered.
SHERMAN ALEXIE
A proverb in the Old Testament states: 'He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he t...
GORDON B. HINCKLEY
Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are...
THOMAS S. MONSON
So this is going to be drill!?
DEYTH BANGER
Is," "is," "is"—the idiocy of the word haunts me. If it were abolished, human thought might begin ...
ROBERT ANTON WILSON
The Lord gives us a spirit of hope and a feeling of comfort and confidence that we can overcome the ...
L. LIONEL KENDRICK
The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time...
DOUGLAS WOOD
What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not...
ELEANOR H. PORTER

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Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.
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People have to realize that dieting is not a sprint, it's a marathon. If you celebrate the small...
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I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
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People try to change too much at once and it becomes overwhelming, and they end up falling off the p...
IAN K. SMITH
I always try to be reasonable and effective.
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Every human being makes mistakes.
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Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't wan...
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Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principle...
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Everything we did was criticized. For about thirty years we lived with the world against us, accusin...
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I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had n...
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The only violence was when these so-called 'freedom fighters' terrorized the poor Africans i...
IAN SMITH
Glasgow is one of our most important and busiest bases year round but the half-term getaway is somet...
IAN SMITH
The only violence was when these so-called 'freedom fighters' terrorized the poor Africans in the vi...
IAN SMITH
[Actor Tom Oliver, who plays Lou Carpenter, tells me:] Whenever an issue arises, both sides of the c...
IAN SMITH
We're not in a position to set dates for trial.
IAN SMITH
The risk from viruses is an unanswered question - and it won't be answered until you have had or...
IAN SMITH
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IAN SMITH
We've spent a lot of time talking about the new hospital, but every day we're continuing to provide ...
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I work with a lot of young people who have poems that are changing their lives, that they're eag...
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I love the sense of looking at the sad, paltry, and yet very familiar spectacle that we must make fr...
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I feel most alive, most electric with faith, breath, and courage, when I think of God as a current t...
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For an Italian peasant a telegram from anywhere is a wondrous thing; and a cable from the terrestria...
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We all need poetry. The moments in our lives that are characterized by language that has to do with ...
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I think humans have always felt watched back by whatever is out there flickering in the distance. Wh...
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Lately, I've been thinking about the difference between poetry and prose, and as I've experi...
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I don't know how anyone can see the Hubble 'Deep Field' image and not feel like somethin...
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When my father died, those years when he was working on the Hubble came back to me, and it seemed fi...
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A question is a pursuit, an invitation to envision and explore a series of possibilities, to struggl...
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everything/ that ever was still is, somewhere
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A true friend sticks with you through thick and thin no matter what.
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All the mysteries of the universe are solved within the Imagination.
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My songs are a mix of my own weird raised-by-wolves perspective and civilization.
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A lot of people don't even listen to albums start to finish, but I do - for sure.
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I think, on the rap side of life, I've always been inspired by and respected Missy Elliott for a...
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Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuse...
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Pre-show, I warm up my voice, stretch, do a little team huddle, and sometimes throw a shot of whiske...
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I liked that music was a window into a world with a lot of unpredictability and chaos; it was almost...
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I love playing in Chicago. It's the memory lane hometown, which is really nice.
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I know that in my own mind, I struggle with a desire to be both entirely absent and entirely present...
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The more I talk to people who are at a place I'd like to be at, whether its music or writing, or...
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As an independent artist, you control the means of production, which is the ultimate form of empower...
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More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.
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Remember, when the judgment's weak, the prejudice is strong.
K. O'HARA
There's only so many variations on the basics of human relationships. To me, it's all about ...
K. FLAY
I've always had a duck personality. Calm above water, feet going crazy below.
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Even the dark places are places. You're still somewhere.
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My future is just a mirage. The more I expect from it, it just turns out to be mere reflections.
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when your child is born, you know that of all the lives you might have lived, only this one was ever...
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I'm done with temporary... I need permanence!
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If you aren't worth it to them, they shouldn't be worth it to you.
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Big Love and More Light!
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K. LOVE
Love one another. Love yourself. Then love will find you whole not half.
K. TAYLOR
Never tread lightly. Leave a deep impression wherever you go.
K. RAFFERTY
The beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair
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Books are like ice cream; there is a flavor for everyone!
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Without knowing anything else about him, i already know he'd be worth the hurt.
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The beauty of grace is that it makes like not fair.
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Making many mistakes
Doesn't make you a failure
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Saying everything is okay doesn't make you a grown-up.
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Are my own thoughts bad?
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This life we all receive is full of invisible boundaries and abstract values.
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There is always going to be evil as long as goodness lives on.
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Sometimes an angel is found in the dark.
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To achieve true beauty, you have to look within, before you change without.
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Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
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There is something magical about three you know - a trio is tight and nicely economical.
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Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity.
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Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.
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A lot of things that happen in the world make me a bit crazy.
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You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.
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There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.
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Status based on wealth is an old-fashioned idea; I find it repugnant, actually.
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IAN SCHRAGER
I have to be more universal than my projects, but no less innovative.
IAN SCHRAGER
The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents'...
IAN SCHRAGER
I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed,...
IAN SCHRAGER
Great ideas have no attachment to either money or class.
IAN SCHRAGER
I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.
IAN SCHRAGER
Good design is good business.
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IAN RUSH
I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and there's the Welsh connection.
IAN RUSH
I just wanted to play as long as I could. When you stop playing, you're not going to get it back...
IAN RUSH
I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to...
IAN RUSH
I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I...
IAN RUSH
The only thing I can cook is Welsh rarebit.
IAN RUSH
There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football clu...
IAN RUSH
This is why cup finals are so special because on the day anyone can beat anyone. That's what it&...
IAN RUSH
I was so shy when I was younger. When I first went to Liverpool I didn't say a word for a year.
IAN RUSH
You can enjoy yourself, but you need to look after yourself as well.
IAN RUSH
It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place.
IAN RUSH
I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling.
IAN RUSH
Mainly it's the parents who remember me. But the kids today, what they do is go and Google you. ...
IAN RUSH
Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.
IAN RUSH
I've got a place in Portugal, which I like very much, but I've just been working in Malaysia...
IAN RUSH
I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.
IAN RUSH
In India, kids need someone to look up to. They've got it in cricket: they have Tendulkar and ot...
IAN RUSH
You've got to have a dream... if you don't have any big dreams, nothing happens.
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IAN RANKIN
Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.
IAN RANKIN
No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it'...
IAN RANKIN
My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or s...
IAN RANKIN
You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're ...
IAN RANKIN
I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and...
IAN RANKIN
I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. I...
IAN RANKIN
The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon yo...
IAN RANKIN
I'm interested in Scotland now and then, how it's changed. I want to get the reader to think...
IAN RANKIN
I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, i...
IAN RANKIN
At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ide...
IAN RANKIN
I've always written. At the age of six or seven, I would get sheets of A4 paper and fold them in...
IAN RANKIN
I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me...
IAN MILLAR
It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the...
IAN MILLAR
I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critic...
IAN MILLAR
I work out every morning for an hour while in front of the news channel or business channels, then I...
IAN MILLAR
When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and ye...
IAN MILLAR
The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, 'Come on, let's go,' I absolutely believe th...
IAN MILLAR
Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and...
IAN MILLAR
If you persevere long enough, if you do the right things long enough, the right things will happen.
IAN MILLAR
I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent m...
IAN MCSHANE
Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for...
IAN MCSHANE
Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted.
IAN MCSHANE
People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
IAN MCSHANE
Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
IAN MCSHANE
My daughter said, 'I don't think granddad really suits you.'
IAN MCSHANE
The bad boys get all the best lines.
IAN MCSHANE
When you're in your early 20s, you go ahead and do everything. And it's very hard to judge y...
IAN MCSHANE
Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually.
IAN MCSHANE
I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.
IAN MCSHANE
Acting's boring.
IAN MCSHANE
I think the reason 'Sexy Beast' was so good was it wasn't just another run-of-the-mill g...
IAN MCSHANE