Jonathan Brownlee Quotes
Yorkshire weather can turn quickly. At one Auld Lang Syne race, it dropped to -16C. The frost turned everybody's hair grey. I couldn't take my shoes off, as my laces had frozen solid.
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Live TV would terrify anybody.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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Any child knows that history can only be a reduced representation of reality, but it must be a true one, not distorted by queer lenses.
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As you know with the Arab Spring, there were no dividends.
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I've always been fascinated by Disneyland and Disney World, and my favorite part of the park was always Tomorrowland.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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Jim Thompson understood something about the serial killer before the psychology caught up to it, which is that they are detached to it and they do want to get caught.
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At times, we need to stop and rethink everything. Our entire history is made up of people who were sure they knew the truth yet forgot that the truth has an annoying tendency to change on occasion without us noticing it.
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My goal in politics from the very beginning has been, and will be, the goal of giving Ukraine a chance to finally secure a firm footing in the world as a competitive, independent and real European state.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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Being born Roman and Romanisti is a privilege.
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We have a great country, we are a great nation - let us trust in it.
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Just as Wall Street needs to break the hold of the bonus culture, which drives risk-taking that is rational for individuals but damaging to the financial system, so science must break the tyranny of the luxury journals. The result will be better research that better serves science and society.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.
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Statistical studies are all over the lot about the pluses and minuses of raising the minimum wage.
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
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According to the situation, your role changes in one-day cricket, especially in a phase like the Powerplay. If I bowl four spells, four times I will be playing a different role. If I come in the first Powerplay, and say the opposition are 70 for no loss after 10 overs, I will be looking to take a wicket.
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The race of man, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity.
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Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would women do then with these things that serve one function once or twice in a lifetime, and the rest of the time are just in the way?
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There's a rumor going around that I'm Miss Goody-two-shoes from Australia. Well, that's a laugh. I'm really Miss Goody-two-shoes from England!
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By age seven, I used to comb my hair for performances, just pull my hair up into a bun. Granted, it wasn't a very intricate hairstyle. Still, to be that responsible and disciplined at age seven is unusual.
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After I got my first laugh on stage, I was hooked.
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Yorkshire weather can turn quickly. At one Auld Lang Syne race, it dropped to -16C. The frost turned everybody's hair grey. I couldn't take my shoes off, as my laces had frozen solid.
