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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I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
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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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Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe.
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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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My shows aren't about trying to save some place, because I don't feel that's the right venue for it. That's my politics right there: Don't bring politics to my shows.
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Our national fondness for celebrating the physical heroism of soldiers - the apparent readiness with which they sacrifice their lives to larger causes - eclipses the far less romantic displays of moral and intellectual fortitude that also distinguish so many of them. In turning them all into heroes, we have lost a sense of the individuality they also fight to preserve.
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I was a little bit of a cocky kid.
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I only went along to youth theatre with a friend when I was young to try to make myself a bit more sociable. But the whole thing was quite sore; it really hurt me trying to get into drama school. It was a world I knew nothing about - it was very middle class; all that usual stuff. But I was young, determined, and I just went for it.
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I have nothing against Dylan O'Brien! He's one of my favorite people. I have so much respect for him and his work.
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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.'
