Johnny Flynn Quotes
The Band mean a lot to me in terms of what I aspire to achieve with my group, as the music they made went against the fashion of the time.
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I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.
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I learn from Larry Ellison every day. I've said this before: how is it to work with someone who thinks out of the box? Larry doesn't see the walls at all; he does not see the box. He is an absolute, true visionary. And to be honest, I always find myself in a box! I'm comfy in my box. I've furnished it; it's lovely.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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Dance should mean something to you.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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I think American audiences like gangster movies. You know, it's part of the culture.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?
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Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
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Surround yourself with great people. People are what make businesses prosper.
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My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
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Doing representations of real people is not my strongpoint as a visual artist, and I know that.
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He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
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Banning sports is a ludicrous proposition.
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There are those among us who would have us say that the mysteries of the brain are completely solved and little needs to be added to its knowledge. It is as if these fortunate persons had been present when this magnificent organ was created.
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It doesn't matter what color you are. Poverty is poverty. Inmates come from all walks of life. We have to make sure we look out for these people and give them a chance.
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The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time, it is common to all, hence the incomparably indivisible union that exists between human beings.
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I like being a storyteller. I'm bored with myself; I like to write about others. I have a lot of names in my songs: Karen, Margaret, Mary Kay. Even if it's about me, I want to put it through someone else. The music is the soundtrack to the story.
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The Band mean a lot to me in terms of what I aspire to achieve with my group, as the music they made went against the fashion of the time.
