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It was a mixed performance, we were unsettled in the first half by the injuries but had regained our composure by the end of the match.


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IAN MCEWAN You can spin stories out of the ways people understand and misunderstand each other.
IAN MCEWAN I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don&#...
IAN MCEWAN One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any fra...
IAN MCEWAN True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.
IAN MCEWAN But he did say that the character would be on the sidelines in movies One and Two, and move into the...
IAN MCDIARMID For me it's even more interesting, because my character comes out of the shadow. It's a chan...
IAN MCDIARMID I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite g...
IAN MCDIARMID I'm the blackest villain of all time.
IAN MCDIARMID The part that I think is one of the most interesting is of course the one that Hayden Christensen pl...
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