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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Young people need their own private places which mothers don't belong to, even if they want mother all around the edge of that.
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I remember being turned on to The Beach Boys, hearing 'Surfin' U.S.A.,' I guess, in 1960. But The Beatles really did it to me.
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Michael Moore, whether you like him or hate him, has done something very important.
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If I'm the smartest guy in the room, I'm in the wrong room.
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All the high-tone, big-time folks would say, 'Isn't it wonderful how these untrained, primitive musicians can pick up all the latest songs instantly without being able to read music?
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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.
