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Ian Watson Quotes
Ian Watson
British
Writer
Born:
Apr 20
,
1943
Believe
Christmas
Life
People
Think
World
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My wife will automatically quote and compare the price of diesel at every petrol station we drive by, like she's got oil-based Tourette's.
Ian Watson
Wife
Will
Drive
Every
Station
Price
Like
She
Got
Diesel
Automatically
Quote
Compare
Petrol
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
Life
Me
People
Darkest
Strangers
Saved
Back
Lone
Only
He
Attendance
Hour
Most
Were
Left
Stood
Room
Them
Then
Standing
Helped
Dad
Funeral
Marine
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
Future
Science
Late
Futures
Seemed
Like
Science Fiction
Traditional
Cultural
Fiction
Patterns
Japanese
Tokyo
Here
Presents
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
Christmas
You
Singing
Think
Enough
Everyone
Bad
John
John Lennon
Merry
Wishing
Message
Anti-War
Just
Being
Lennon
Conned
I'm going to do the old 'plaster removal' technique and just get the pain over with in one go: 'Life's Too Short' isn't funny to me.
Ian Watson
Life
Funny
Me
Old
Pain
Too
Over
Removal
Go
Get
Going
Short
Just
Plaster
Technique
When I go to the interviews and sit before a prospective employer, I'm going to try and look as employable as I can.
Ian Watson
Try
Before
Sit
Interviews
Prospective
Look
Employer
Go
Going
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