Popular Scottish science fiction author, Iain M(enzies) Banks, who also writes mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks (no M), has been diagnosed with gall bladder cancer, and according to his statement, has only a few months to live.
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In 2010 a great friend and literary agent, Lorin Rees talked me into writing a book (www.greggfairbrothers.com) on turning ideas into success, despite the fact I'm no writer, and now here I am writing about leadership and being entrepreneurial in a blog, despite the fact I'm no blogger either.
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"We were joking after the game that Anibal is No. 1, I'm No. 2 and Ver is just average, " Scherzer said.
I'm no legal scholar, and I'm not sure exactly what the best strategy would be for ensuring gay people are seen as equal under the law in all states.
For a couple of years, my daughter has been asking to make one of those kitschy Halloween food crafts you see in all the parenting magazines, and while normally I say no (too much work, too much sugar, I'm no fun), this time, I decided to be a cool mom and say yes.
I'm not pinning all my hopes on First Minister's Questions - oh no I'm not - but tune in to Today on Radio 4 at 8.30am or thereabouts to hear the First Minister facing up to 2013, happy or otherwise.
"I'm no weatherman, but I think we're standing in the dead center eye, " Smith said.
I'm no audiophile, but I would like some decent quality sound for my desktop.
"I'm no longer working with Todd Martin, " the top seed told reporters on Monday.
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"I'm not an angel, but I'm no crook, " he told reporters before the trial.
"I'm no more special than anyone else's kid who's over in Iraq getting shot at, " Docherty says.
"I'm no different than every other American, worrying about the worth of their nest egg, " he says.
"I screamed, 'No I'm not -- help me, help me, ' " she said.
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The Warriors have a very hungry and ambitious squad and I'm no different.
And I've heard from people who start getting what - I'm no psychiatrist - would sound like severe PTSD symptoms.
The sun is out in Valencia and I'm no weatherman, but I reckon there's absolutely no chance of rain today.
"You Know I'm No Good" is the only cut Benevento didn't write on his new album Between the Needles and Nightfall.
Quite frankly, I'm no longer willing to perpetually live behind the curve.
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No I'm not denigrating you at all, I'm simply putting points of view, which I suspect many people would want to put to you.
I'm no geneticist, but I can guess that puts her at higher risk -- both for having the mutation and for developing a bad cancer.
My soon to be wife Chloe (they marry in August) and my two boys Zac and Oscar, not 'Oh no I'm not going to ride again.
I'm no constitutional expert, so someone else would have to give you the good answer on whether there is a legitimate constitutional basis for the action.
I'm no different from anybody else in that respect and I look at it from the perspective of being a parent and you worry about that.
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And he works hard, and he's going to work hard at his recovery and I'm no doctor, but I wouldn't be surprised if we see him back here this year.
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