Johnny Flynn Quotes
In my early twenties, the whole experience of going on tour was like losing myself in this slightly wild environment.
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I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
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I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.
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Jesus Christ was a patriot! His country was the world. His laws were the eternal principles of liberty, and his followers, in every age, have been the chosen champions of freedom!
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Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
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See, justice is a joke in this country, and it stinks of its hypocricy.
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The idea that modernisation makes for enhanced national power and rapid progress and helps everyone achieve greater happiness has its origins in the astonishing political, economic and military successes of western Europe in the 19th century.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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Intellectually, I am already an old man. But in the sensory area, I am still such a child! I shuffle on my bottom between the two.
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I don't believe in these headline-hunting interviews. That's just not my style.
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America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.
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One city can look at other cities relative to their city and learn something. It's a matter of sharing the patterns of what exists in one society based on landscape or cultural values versus other cities.
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Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!
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Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.
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I love the produce section at the grocery store.
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I watched westerns when I was a kid, like everybody else, but I wasn't a total nerd or geek about it. I kind of fell in love with westerns heavily when I started watching Sergio Leone's westerns.
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There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.
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Vienna is cold, and dark, and sad. It is laid out as though for a royal parade; the streets are wide and they're flanked by monumental buildings, decorated with the faces of angry gods. And on the roof are statues of national heroes, wielding weapons of destruction.
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John Kerry, windsurfing dilettante.
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I guess when I'm frightened or in pain or maybe very bored I've tried to hold myself together by imposing a narrative order on the experience as it happens.
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Machiavelli says that if as a ruler you accept that your every action must pass moral scrutiny, you will without fail be defeated by an opponent who submits to no such moral test. To hold on to power, you have not only to master the crafts of deception and treachery but to be prepared to use them where necessary.
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In my early twenties, the whole experience of going on tour was like losing myself in this slightly wild environment.
