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Any time you have a disruption, you have a loss in (coal) production. But I don't think this will be an event that shuts down the coal industry.


Ian Synnott

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IAN JACKSON I think PSP is going to be the most successful handheld entertainment device ever. What it will do i...
IAN JACKSON I think it's going to deliver on the promises we've said it's going to and it is going t...
IAN JACKSON If we deliver on those promises, we'll have done our job, and we did it with PSOne, and we certa...
IAN JACKSON I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general ...
IAN JACKSON We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you...
IAN JACKSON The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowher...
IAN HUNTER I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators.
IAN HUNTER It was a labor of love and they did really well.
IAN HUNTER Other people notice the same things but they don't think to put it to music.
IAN HUNTER Tell the truth.
IAN HUNTER If everyone's ready for a shot to start, except for one actor who's intent on getting to the...
IAN HOLM 'Whatever it takes' is my opinion of method acting and, indeed, any other kind of acting. Lo...
IAN HOLM