Jocko Willink Quotes
We record when I have a hole in the schedule. Sometimes night, sometimes afternoon, sometimes morning - we fit it in when we can. I prep for episodes all the time.
Quotes to Explore
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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Burroughs called his greatest novel 'Naked Lunch,' by which he meant it's what you see on the end of a fork. Telling the truth. It's very difficult to do that in fiction because the whole process of writing fiction is a process of sidestepping the truth. I think he got very close to it, in his way, and I hope I've done the same in mine.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.
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The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
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I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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Honestly, I wasn't familiar with the whole DC comics world and the Batman world before I was part of 'Gotham.'
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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I got into cars through my father. He used to work on cars. My job was to hold the light, which pretty much was the limit of my mechanical abilities.
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There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
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I love Baltimore and the people who call it home, and I sincerely believe that Maryland's biggest city must serve as the economic and cultural heart of our state.
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I'm interested in the murky areas where there are no clear answers - or sometimes multiple answers. It's here that I try to imagine patterns or codes to make sense of the unknowns that keep us up at night. I'm also interested in the invisible space between people in communication; the space guided by translation and misinterpretation.
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Animals play a big part in my life, on tour or at home.
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Warning: Do not read this story right after eating. In fact, don't read it right before eating either. In fact, just to be safe, don't read this story if you're ever planning to eat again.
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And I took a long time to appreciate Lynch.
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The first time my friends saw me in a magazine I was so excited.
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The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
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We record when I have a hole in the schedule. Sometimes night, sometimes afternoon, sometimes morning - we fit it in when we can. I prep for episodes all the time.
