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One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others. ↗


— Lao Tzu


#internal #internal peace #know #only #others

My father's drinking was sometimes a problem. And a great deal went unspoken. He was not particularly acute or articulate about the emotions. But he was very affectionate towards me. ↗


— Ian Mcewan


#acute #affectionate #articulate #deal #drinking

My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively. ↗


— Ian Mcewan


#acute #affectionate #articulate #deal #drinking

Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative. ↗


— Ian Mcewan


#charge #controlling #crucially #flow #information

Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only when people asked me what I wanted to be. In fact, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I didn't ever believe that I was good enough to be come one. ↗


— Ian Mckellen


#actor #also #always #asked #become

One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret - how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me. ↗


— Ian Mcewan


#conscience #correct #done #error #especially

The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy, personal secrecy. ↗


— Ian Mcewan


#english #especially #novel #personal #requires

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination. ↗


— Ian Mcewan


#imagination #intelligence #requires #true

Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different. ↗


— Ian Mckellen


#character #different #discovering #experience #expressing

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying. ↗


— Ian Mckellen


#coming #done #even #ever #hadn






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