Bernard Hinault Quotes
I have the impression that cycling is no longer a game but rather an employment... a job.
Quotes to Explore
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I could never let the teacher down. I always worked hard, too scared to get in trouble.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about them, and people have to tell me to shut up before I get out pictures of them.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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I love the Victorian era, and I always have, but I had a leg up on the writing because I was familiar with a lot of the science from the Victorian era. And that led to a massive interest in the science of this time of history.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is a real compliment to me.
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Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.
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I invested all my money in debt.
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The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.
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We try not to think that our listeners are one-track-minded people with the music they listen to.
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I'm a very musical person.
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Your critics do not count. Their words will fade. You won't.
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I have the impression that cycling is no longer a game but rather an employment... a job.
