Jonathan Brownlee Quotes
Athletes can be a very stressy bunch. We like routine. I'm a very routined person. If something changes, I really don't like it.
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I'm pretty gross. When I talk I can be gross and crude.
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I talk about myself in the third person all the time. I don't live my life in the way someone like you does. I live my life completely serving only my work and my fans.
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There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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Well, first I have to make the team, of course.
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Sometimes we make films just for our people, and it doesn't reach to anyone.
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If longevity is the best index to measure a company, a basic requirement is the ability of the corporation to generate new and new leaders.
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I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question about it over and over. And while I'm no expert in these matters, this is proving to be true. My first book dealt with a not-that-pleasant degenerate type, and the One Question was, 'Is this an autobiographical story?'
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Deterrence is still fundamentally about influencing an actor's decisions. It is about a solid policy foundation. It is about credible capabilities. It is about what the U.S. and our allies as a whole can bring to bear in both a military and a nonmilitary sense.
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Give me a highly successful unionized industry.
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I remember when I got into Juilliard - which was just crazy to me, that I would be studying at a school like that - the choice to cut all my hair off was really symbolic for me.
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A utopian future for the Internet could be secured if the heavy-duty influencers - and the grassroots influencers tweeting along - can create a new global organization peopled with defenders of Internet freedom.
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I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.
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Last week I did a piece for Style on advice to Laura Bush about how to help her husband. This week it's religion. It just depends on what I find interesting at the moment.
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One of the best things people could do for their descendents would be to sharply limit the number of them.
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Whether it's eight o'clock in the morning or eight o'clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me.
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You can't be a conqueror in your own home.
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I've grown to love L.A. It was a really touchy transition. It was not the easiest. It took me some years to love it.
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The great majority of Americans do not know much about Islam but nonetheless fear it as violent, expansionist and alien to their society. The problem to overcome is not hatred, but ignorance.
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No study is possible on the battlefield.
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I enjoy hearing from different people who have turned their personal struggles into something that can inspire others and encourage people to push past hard times.
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My mother taught me to walk proud and tall 'as if the world was mine.'
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Athletes can be a very stressy bunch. We like routine. I'm a very routined person. If something changes, I really don't like it.
