Johnny Flynn Quotes
When I was young, I was being pushed, against my will, towards becoming a classical musician. I had music scholarships; I had to play the violin and do orchestra practice and that sort of stuff. That meant I didn't get to do any school plays. I desperately wanted to do that.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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I want to have my desperate need for personal success shrunk, not enlarged.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.
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When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.
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I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.
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I live in England, so I take a lot of trains, and you can't really go anywhere without somebody talking on their mobile phone behind you, forcing you to listen to their conversation. With the Internet, with texting, with networking sites, there's already information everywhere.
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When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium.
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I've always seen the world through the eyes of a scientist. I love the predictable outcomes that science gives us, the control over the world that that can render.
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When I wear the hat of management, it is important that our management behaves and conducts as management accountable to the board.
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I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.
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Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
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So many actors started on soap operas. So yeah, I'd graduated Julliard and done some theater. I've done a few guest spots on TV but nothing that long-term. I did a little 'E.R.' back when it was on, and a pilot for 'Cold Case.'
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Most people do not actually know how to think for themselves, and unfortunately that prevents them from even knowing it.
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Music continues to remind me that its boundaries are limitless.
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YouTube is a good way to discover new music now because it comes up with that thing at the side with other artists you might like.
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I feel happy and secure when I'm on my bed with a good book... I forget everything which is terrible in our world.
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The way people reacted to me in dressing rooms and so on was incredibly aggressive. They know every record and they seem to think they should nudge me or bump into me as they go past. It was this incredible performance that used to amuse me. In the early days, people were drawn towards us like they'd be drawn towards a car smash...There is a definite relationship between that fanaticism and the fan that, as a performer, you expose more of yourself, of the undercurrents of your personality. Most rock personalities subdue that or choose not to explore it.
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When I was young, I was being pushed, against my will, towards becoming a classical musician. I had music scholarships; I had to play the violin and do orchestra practice and that sort of stuff. That meant I didn't get to do any school plays. I desperately wanted to do that.
