Jonathan Brownlee Quotes
The Olympics is this big global event, but when neighbours come up and wish you well, it feels more personal.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Body experience... is the centre of creation.
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I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.
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I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.
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I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.
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The problem with some stars is that they lose perspective about correct adult behavior. People laugh at everything they say and do. Nobody says, 'Chill out, man. That's out of line.'
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I like being able to provide consistent and frequent literary choices for my fans.
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You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.
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People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.
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'Do you need transportation? Tools? Stuff?''Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs. We have a protractor.''Okay, I’ll go home and see if I can scrounge up a ruler and a piece of string.''That’d be great.'
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When I come to a new city is I combine: I say, well, it's like Barcelona and Edinburgh, though I can't imagine what that would be. But Toronto, the last few times I've been here, what always comes up is Chicago and West Berlin. It's a big, sprawling city beside a lake, of a certain age and a certain architectural complexity. But the high-end retail core looks more like West Germany than the Magnificent Mile. Yonge Street is like K-Damm. There's an excess of surface marble and bronze: it's Germanic and as pretentious as pretentious can be.
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The Olympics is this big global event, but when neighbours come up and wish you well, it feels more personal.
