John Niven Quotes
I use computers and the Internet every day of my life, and yet I have absolutely no idea how they work. I'm like a labrador watching 'The Matrix.'
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I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history.
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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.
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I am not a great fan of computers. I do watch videos and analyse which batsman is playing how. Batsmen can play different shots on different days. A batsman may not play cover drives well, but if he connects with two such shots, he starts playing the drive well on that day.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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I get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession.
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I get homesick.
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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Playing further up the pitch, you have more opportunities to score and provide assists, and it's something I liked right from the start.
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The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
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I love my shape because I work really hard at it. I honor my body by working out and seeing what it can do.
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I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.
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I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
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I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.
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All peoples have evolved extraordinarily precise ways of settling issues about the things that matter to them.
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I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity.
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Action that is clearly right needs no justification.
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But when alcohol comes in, start running. Because there's a demon there, and it goes back to her childhood.
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One of my random skills is I have a very strong memory for dialogue and moments, and I don't know why.
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And I needed a rock. Something to hold onto, to stand on. Something solid. Because everything was going soft, turning into mush, into marsh, into fog. Fog closing in on all sides. I didn't know where I was at all.
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When I was growing up, I wanted to be a coach. I had people telling me you can't do this, you're not a great player. Be realistic. When I got rejection letters from colleges where I wanted to coach, my mom would say, "You are going to make it someday. You have something special within you and that is your spirit for life which will help you get to the top."
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I use computers and the Internet every day of my life, and yet I have absolutely no idea how they work. I'm like a labrador watching 'The Matrix.'
