John Motson (John Walker Motson) Quotes
Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was.
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The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little clubs don't.
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You cannot be in your offices every day doing nothing... and at the end of the day you expect to be paid.
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This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful.
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I was in 'Goodwin Games,' which was canceled, and a few other things, so I kind of swore off television unless I was writing or producing it.
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My only experience with American things is through movies.
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I go for a walk in the forest of Fontainebleau. I get 'green' indigestion. I must get rid of this sensation into a picture. Green rules it. A painter paints to unload himself of feelings and visions.
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... Love is heaven and claims its own.
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When you play in a band, you're in phase with people. When you're a DJ, you're totally off-phase. Your work time is 3 A.M. - 5 A.M. and I don't think you can connect. You're miserable the whole time. Whenever I see a DJ in the airport, they are always on the verge of crying.
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This might end up in crying. If you're not prepared to cry about it, I'm not sure you're making art. And if you're not prepared to dance in anticipation, you're definitely not making art.
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I will soothe you and heal you, I will bring you roses. I too have been covered with thorns.
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I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.
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One of the dangers in prayer is to try to find words that will be somehow on the level of God. Unfortunately, as none of us are on a level with God, we fall short and waste a great deal of time in trying to find the right words.
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I don't know what's wrong with it: if you commit a crime, you've overstayed our welcome. If I have guests in my house and if they start messing up my kitchen or start getting a fire in any sleeping room I would send them away.
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If I'm not travelling for external meetings, my usual day at work starts with a quiet session to plan and prioritise things that need to get done, and then clearing off important emails that need attention.
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Housework, if you do it right, will kill you.
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Compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of a metronome.
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I interviewed - no - had lunch with Harper Lee several years ago, trying to convince Harper Lee to do "To Kill a Mockingbird" for the book club. She wouldn't do it. She said, "Honey, I said everything I wanted to say."
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Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was.
