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Ian Watson Quotes

It’s bad enough being conned into singing an anti-war message by John Lennon when you think you’re just wishing everyone a merry Christmas Picture Quote #1

I worked with Stanley Kubrick for almost a year back in 1990, trying to develop the screen story for his project ‘Artificial Intelligence,’ which is about a robot boy who wishes to become a real boy, a future scientific fairy tale inspired in the myth of Pinocchio Picture Quote #1

I believe I’ve got the best of both worlds - a modern man with old fashioned values. I’m happy to be a house husband but won’t let my wife carry her own bag Picture Quote #1

The only time I even entertain the tiniest element of religion is for Christmas carols Picture Quote #1

I’m working class. Not because my family have always been skint or because I’m from the grim north, but because I am from a class of people who believe in work. In paying their way Picture Quote #1

My father-in-law just happens to be a global procurement guru. Now retired, he was the global head of procurement for some of the biggest companies in the world as well as our very own treasury Picture Quote #1

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Dad’s funeral was standing room only; most in attendance were strangers to me. At the back, a lone Marine stood silently, then left. People told me he’d saved their life or helped them in their darkest hour Picture Quote #1

Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way Picture Quote #1

Tokyo in the late 1960s seemed to be like one of the futures that science fiction presents. Here was the proto- super-technology of the future, electronically, robotically, blahblahblah, intercut with traditional Japanese cultural patterns, Shinto patterns Picture Quote #1

I think it’s safe to say that ‘manliness’ was a common theme in my upbringing. It was an assumed status, but - and here’s the important bit - it was the Rudyard Kipling kind. The emphasis was on gentlemanly conduct, sportsmanship, fairness and stoicism Picture Quote #1

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It’s bad enough being conned into singing an anti-war message by John Lennon when you think you’re just wishing everyone a merry Christmas. (Ian Watson Quotes) I worked with Stanley Kubrick for almost a year back in 1990, trying to develop the screen story for his project ‘Artificial Intelligence,’ which is about a robot boy who wishes to become a real boy, a future scientific fairy tale inspired in the myth of Pinocchio. (Ian Watson Quotes) I believe I’ve got the best of both worlds - a modern man with old fashioned values. I’m happy to be a house husband but won’t let my wife carry her own bag. (Ian Watson Quotes) The only time I even entertain the tiniest element of religion is for Christmas carols (Ian Watson Quotes) I’m working class. Not because my family have always been skint or because I’m from the grim north, but because I am from a class of people who believe in work. In paying their way. (Ian Watson Quotes) My father-in-law just happens to be a global procurement guru. Now retired, he was the global head of procurement for some of the biggest companies in the world as well as our very own treasury. (Ian Watson Quotes) Dad’s funeral was standing room only; most in attendance were strangers to me. At the back, a lone Marine stood silently, then left. People told me he’d saved their life or helped them in their darkest hour. (Ian Watson Quotes) Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way. (Ian Watson Quotes) Tokyo in the late 1960s seemed to be like one of the futures that science fiction presents. Here was the proto- super-technology of the future, electronically, robotically, blahblahblah, intercut with traditional Japanese cultural patterns, Shinto patterns. (Ian Watson Quotes) I think it’s safe to say that ‘manliness’ was a common theme in my upbringing. It was an assumed status, but - and here’s the important bit - it was the Rudyard Kipling kind. The emphasis was on gentlemanly conduct, sportsmanship, fairness and stoicism. (Ian Watson Quotes)