Jimmy Hill Quotes
I was brought up in the Boys' Brigade and grew up not swearing. It's so lovely to behave decently, civilly.
Quotes to Explore
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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day. I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young sons become men.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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The importance of logo into today's fashion is un! be! Lievable!
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.
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Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough.
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I think I'm like a free spirit.
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I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.
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Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world be like in another 20 or 30 years? The answer is: much like today. Cloning would only copy the genetic aspects of people who are already here.
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Whatever I have done so far has led me to 'Kaabil.' It is a big opportunity for me to establish myself more commercially. It is a huge platform.
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It was once religion which told us that we are all sinners because of original sin. It is now the ecology of our planet which pronounces us all to be sinners because of the excessive exploits of human inventiveness.
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But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.
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Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
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As you know, divorce is still not allowed in the Catholic Church. But here insert a large 'however' - she is liberal in the granting of annulments.
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I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.
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I was obsessed with the Spice Girls! I always wanted to be Sporty. Or Posh, but I wasn't pretty enough.
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Now a curse upon Because and his kin!
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I don't love women. Love has to be reinvented, we know that. The only thing women can ultimately imagine is security. Once they get that, love, beauty, everything else goes out the window. All they have left is cold disdain; that's what marriages live on nowadays. Sometimes I see women who ought to be happy, with whom I could have found companionship, already swallowed up by brutes with as much feeling as an old log.
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I was brought up in the Boys' Brigade and grew up not swearing. It's so lovely to behave decently, civilly.
