Ian Rankin
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ANDY BIERSACK As a teenager I went all Goth, but I wasn't mopey enough. I would pretend to be, but I'd end... MELISSA MCCARTHY CHANG-RAE LEE DONALD MILLER ALAN SHEPARD MICHAEL J. FOX As a model, I didn't have an identity; I was a chameleon, a silent actress. I was an amorphous t... CARMEN DELL'OREFICE As a model, I didn't have an identity; I was a chameleon, a silent actress. I was an amorphous t... CARMEN DELL'OREFICE My second album was written while I was on the road promoting the first record. I tried to take my p... KATE VOEGELE The rules of game shows limit stuff so much. I remember on 'Money From Strangers,' being in ... KURT BRAUNOHLER If I had five minutes to live, I don't think I'd be bothered singing a song. I'd be dead... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III My first Grammy wasn't even in a jazz category, but of course I was really excited. 'Rockit&... HERBIE HANCOCK I didn't really start going to see a lot of musicals and live theater probably until I was in se... 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I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm ... IAN RANKIN A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up ... 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 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 War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive. IAN RANKIN I don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy ... IAN RANKIN He had perfected the art of looking interested, and could grasp in surprise at any and every predict... IAN RANKIN This man had something to hide, some shame in his past, and those with a past can always be bought. IAN RANKIN You wouldn't think you could kill an ocean, would you? But we'll do it one day. That's how negligent... IAN RANKIN My father was a slave to capitalist ideology. He didn't know what he was doing."IAN RANKIN The match hinged on the first try after the break. IAN RANKIN By that time, Rebus will be 59 and, for a CID officer, he is getting fairly long in the tooth. They ... IAN RANKIN Whether Rebus's 'skills' are ones his bosses would wish retained is a moot point, but it seems I hav... IAN RANKIN The match hinged on the first try after the break, IAN RANKIN When a murder is satisfied, it isn't the beginning of the story; it's the middle. We shouldn't forge... IAN RANKIN Music is a good shorthand way to delineate character. If you want to tell the reader a lot about a c... IAN RANKIN It's a young man's book, all about the perils and pitfalls of growing up. IAN RANKIN Music is a good shorthand way to delineate character, IAN RANKIN It's a strange feeling to see one's books come up at auction and also, to some extent, a sign of my ... IAN RANKIN As time's gone on, I've probably become a lot more like him [John Rebus]: I drink at his bar and I l... IAN RANKIN I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war. I vote no. JEANNETTE RANKIN The individual woman is required a thousand times a day to choose either to accept her appointed rol... JEANNETTE RANKIN I finished St. Patrick's Cemetery last night. It took three hours. ADAM RANKIN This makes up for me sleeping through history class in high school. ADAM RANKIN It was an incredible time. There were thousands of people there. It was my proudest moment as a Hisp... ADAM RANKIN Normal investigations take three to six months to complete, so I expect at that time, once the repor... ADAM RANKIN The environment department is aware of the recall notice that's on the piece of machinery and that's... ADAM RANKIN It's a small number of systems, but they serve around 700,000 people. ADAM RANKIN The real problem with arsenic is the chronic long-term exposure. In the short term, these (delays) d... ADAM RANKIN So to give drinking systems more time, the ones we feel are at risk of violating, we won't test them... ADAM RANKIN There was a lot of energy in Birmingham that day, and a lot of pride. ADAM RANKIN DIANA RANKIN DIANA RANKIN It is unconscionable that 10,000 boys have died in Vietnam. If 10,000 American women had mind enough... JEANNETTE RANKIN You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. JEANNETTE RANKIN We have to get it into our heads once and for all that we cannot settle disputes by eliminating huma... JEANNETTE RANKIN When you write, you hear the characters speaking to you as you take dictation from what they say. An... ROBERT RANKIN The most important accomplishment, I believe, was my voting against the First World War. JEANNETTE RANKIN Oftentimes somebody makes a traffic stop and the test subject is not going to be compliant, so a lot... CHRIS RANKIN TAPD officers responded to an inmate in need of an ambulance. Initial reports indicate he was involv... CHRIS RANKIN Might it not be that a great force that has always been thinking in terms of human needs, and that a... JEANNETTE RANKIN It is important for people to be able to read all sides of every question; for a feeling of national... JEANNETTE RANKIN What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot... JEANNETTE RANKIN We try to talk them through it and get them to realize where they're headed if they can't straighten... CHRIS RANKIN an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention. JERRY RANKIN During any critical incident like this-or any stressful event-officers can be placed on administrati... CHRIS RANKIN The greatest threat to peace is the barrage of rightist propaganda portraying war as decent, honorab... JEANNETTE RANKIN What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be ... JEANNETTE RANKIN Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both. JEANNETTE RANKIN You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go JEANNETTE RANKIN As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else JEANNETTE RANKIN You can no more win a war that you can win an earthquake JEANNETTE RANKIN One of the distinctive elements is the tongue and groove ceilings. The roofs are designed to look li... MARY RANKIN We started over with a bleach cocktail. TIM RANKIN I believe word of mouth is the best thing any SGA member can do to increase voter turnout. One perso... MATT RANKIN We don't have a lot of antiques, and I like to mix and match comfortable sofas with funky items on t... REX RANKIN The suspect appeared at the door of one of the bedrooms and pointed a pistol directly at Officer Pot... CHRIS RANKIN Naivete is the real reason I applied to Juilliard. I wanted to study drama and not musical theater b... GAYLE RANKIN She's the whole package, ... No player is as single-minded as she is. She is one of the great repeat... JUDY RANKIN There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into... JEANNETTE RANKIN What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be ... JEANNETTE RANKIN Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both. JEANNETTE RANKIN If there are no spots on a sugar cube then I’ve just put a dice in my tea. ROBERT RANKIN War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possib... JEANNETTE RANKIN I always get compared to looking like a silent movie star - though I don't know if that's a ... GAYLE RANKIN I feel like support is what anyone with a disability needs. AMY RANKIN Prisons in Florence, Ariz., go hand in hand, TOM RANKIN We've had some good teams. To be able to tie, break the record is a good feat. GARY RANKIN They're always physical. It's not a region game, but we still want to win it. GARY RANKIN We've played them year in, year our. We don't look at what their record is. ... They're one of the f... GARY RANKIN There was a big hole, and I saw the cutback, so I took the cutback and everything was open from ther... LOUIS RANKIN I ran through tackles, but there was a lot more yards out there on the field and I didn't take advan... LOUIS RANKIN I believe it was good play-calling, but if you want to establish the run, you should run the ball mo... LOUIS RANKIN It'll probably take some time to get used to. LOUIS RANKIN That just gave us a chance to go out there and do what I know we can do. We can run the ball and it ... LOUIS RANKIN She's the whole package. No player is as single-minded as she is. She is one of the great repeaters ... JUDY RANKIN I think there is an appreciation in her for the fact that her game came back after that shoulder sur... JUDY RANKIN [It is high praise for Daniel when she is compared to her idol.] I've always thought [Daniel's] was ... JUDY RANKIN When someone tells me how they feel when they see something I've done and they want to live with it,... JOAN RANKIN Despite the drought, floods and freezes, they come back every spring, and because of experiences in ... JOAN RANKIN It was a joy-of-celebration piece, and the first time I put it out at a show, it sold, ... I never h... JOAN RANKIN Since that day, I have been a different person, ... and my painting has brought me more joy. JOAN RANKIN Then one wonderful spring morning, my friend called to ask me to go for a ride so she could show me ... JOAN RANKIN We can still get into the upper half of the conference, and if seniors want to leave their mark, tha... JOEL RANKIN Every team we've played the second time, we've played them better. You look at the shooting percenta... JOEL RANKIN We've played some tough, close games lately and when teams make a run at us, we tend to get down on ... JOEL RANKIN I had a broom that I'd raise high in the air and the kids practiced shooting over the broom. I think... JOEL RANKIN They hit 23 of 26 free throws and that was the difference. They just don't miss from the foul line. JOEL RANKIN Our kids really played hard. Carroll is a very good team and I think this was our best game of the y... JOEL RANKIN You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. JEANETTE RANKIN We're half the people; we should be half the Congress JEANETTE RANKIN In a last act of desperation, you just run for your life, literally. It's a shocking thing, the loss... NEWELL RANKIN In all our pictures, we had an antagonist who becomes the good guy, and the underdog fulfills his qu... ARTHUR RANKIN, JR. A muscle is life in a nutshell ZEBADEE L. RANKIN A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember s... IAN FRAZIER IAN FLEMING There is something magical about three you know - a trio is tight and nicely economical. IAN WILLIAMS IAN MCSHANE Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity. IAN DUNBAR Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there. JANIS IAN I'm still swimming. IAN THORPE For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have do... IAN THORPE I've enjoyed training again, I've enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I'll keep on sw... IAN THORPE Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an ... IAN SOMERHALDER I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story. IAN SOMERHALDER You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an act... IAN SOMERHALDER The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide sprea... IAN SOMERHALDER I don't know how to do anything else other than be an actor. If I wasn't in this, I would be... IAN SOMERHALDER Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their commun... IAN SOMERHALDER They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. It's the same way with women... or... IAN SOMERHALDER Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat ... IAN SOMERHALDER I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolut... IAN SOMERHALDER Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort. IAN SOMERHALDER I don't care how hot a girl is - if she doesn't like animals, it would be a major, major pro... IAN SOMERHALDER I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to sho... IAN SOMERHALDER A lot of things that happen in the world make me a bit crazy. IAN SOMERHALDER You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life. IAN SOMERHALDER There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties. IAN SOMERHALDER IAN SMITH IAN SMITH IAN SMITH IAN SMITH Status based on wealth is an old-fashioned idea; I find it repugnant, actually. IAN SCHRAGER My best vacation was renting a boat and motoring along the Adriatic, going along the Croatian coast,... 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. IAN SCHRAGER People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's ... 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. IAN RUSH 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 IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE IAN MCSHANE It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now. IAN MCLAGAN I only seem to date younger women. IAN MCLAGAN The Small Faces are thought to be a one-hit wonder in America because we only had 'Itchycoo Park... IAN MCLAGAN The Small Faces was such a different band than the Faces. I know three of us are the same, but when ... IAN MCLAGAN When I joined Small Faces, we occasionally would bump into The Who. And Keith Moon and I became firm... IAN MCLAGAN Small Faces were really a soul band as far as we were concerned. That's what we listened to; tha... IAN MCLAGAN We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had. IAN MCLAGAN I am so blessed that all I've done in my professional life, since I was 17-18, is play music and... IAN MCLAGAN What I do for migraines when I get them, I listen to classical music, and I turn it up really loud. IAN MCLAGAN You don't stop thinking about women just because your wife dies. It's terrible, but you know... IAN MCLAGAN I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis... IAN MCLAGAN IAN MCKELLEN IAN MCKELLEN
When I was 26, I wrote my first mystery, 'The Thomas Berryman Number', and it was turned dow... 
My experience of fiction was, in the beginning, so exploratory. I wasn't sitting down to a desk ... 
Actually, with 'Truth of Touch' I wasn't even intending on making an album. I was just h... 
When I first began to write fiction, I didn't think I was a comic writer; I thought I was a seri... 
My first book was an adult novel, 'Down Among the Gods,' published by Virago, and I've w... 
I started a novel back in high school. It wasn't very good. It was the opposite of good. The wri... 
I didn't become a good writer until I learned how to rewrite. And I don't just mean fixing s... 
I was in a group called Wild Orchid and it just wasn't working. I wasn't being myself. What ... 
I didn't grow up thinking I'd be a decorator. Design is my greatest passion, and it naturall... 
Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She ... 
When I wrote the first Betsy book, 'Undead and Unwed,' I had no idea, none, that it would be... 
After having my baby I felt like I'd been introduced to my life, I slowed down, I paid more atte... 
I feel with ELP that I wasn't making the most of my life and I wasn't making the most of my ... 
I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was goin... 
I spent every bit of my money to try and get a Mickey Mantle card, and I don't have one. Growing... 
After having done this whole slew of press for 'Big Love', now I'll have anxiety dreams ... 
I always used to watch 'The Daily Show,' and there were all these comedic geniuses there. I ... 
I've passed up on many a thing that could have made me a big artist or something. Like, I was of... 
I was brought up very conservatively. My father was positively Victorian - I wasn't even allowed... 
And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that... 
It's been my dream to have four babies by 30. I look after animals, so I'd have a lot to giv... 
Advertising was only meant to be a very small part of my life. I had intended that I would work exte... 
I think the expectation of me was that I'd grow up, get married, have a family, probably not eve... 
I think if I hadn't been a writer, I'd have been a teacher like my dad. He was a college pro... 
My Writers Guild of America card is one of my proudest possessions. I was given it after being invit... 
When I was in high school, The Dave Matthews Band was a local band, and that was the first time I wa... 
I wasn't one of those kids who grew up wanting to write or who read a particular book and though... 
I can't beleive I'm here to tell the tale, this was my first brush with death, and God must ... 
I think my parents recognised that I'd always wanted to be a writer, and so they didn't thin... 
I started 'Storyline' after I'd accomplished all my goals and still wasn't happy. I&... 
I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the t... 
I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wan... 
It's nice to have money, but the first thing I did with money was buy my father a snow-blower, b... 
I don't purposely speed, but I might go over by five or six miles an hour from time to time. It ... 
I wanted to study at the Art Students League in New York when I was young, but I didn't have the... 
I didn't have to win, and winning wasn't important to me. Being world champion wasn't im... 
Part of my problem as a young writer was that I was too much a New Yorker, always second-guessing th... 
I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making ... 
Anyways, that very same night there was a fight in the casino on B Deck. Some of the passengers got ... 
For the first few years after I lost weight, I would feel for my hip bones every morning when I woke... 
I've battled my weight since I was 12. My parents took to us to New York once, for a holiday, an... 
I'm as surprised as anybody. I never would have thought I'd be here talking about having a c... 
In five years' time I'd like to be a mum. I want to settle down and have a family, definitel... 
I wasn't a spy. I'd have been spotted in five seconds. Yes, I was in intelligence, but that ... 
I went to a Presbyterian college, you know, I was in... all the way, and so I remember doing my firs... 
I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably was mo... 
I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, w... 
I was unusual looking - I didn't have the look of that time. If you look at 'Lucas' - an... 
Siren voices tell me, 'You don't have to keep going on.' And then you think, 'I'... 
I was always the first person in the theater all the time. If it was an eight-o'clock curtain, I... 
I wasn't very good as a puppet. A lot of times in a movie, you need a really good puppeteer: you... 
The scene was attempted a second time, up on top of the fort, and cameras didn't even roll. Mich... 
I was writing full time after quitting a job as a high school English teacher, and I hadn't been... 
I was doing shows and flying economy, and nobody ever fed me. Or I'd be staying in hotels so che... 
I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture an... 
Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of ... 
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. 
Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die. 
I always try to be reasonable and effective. 
Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't wan... 
Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principle... 
I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent m... 
Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for. 
Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth... 
You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73; good life'... 