Jonny Wilkinson Quotes
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.
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Most people who end up being successful have good grades, but it's orthogonal - there's no extra information than if they put together a website and have bunch of fans who love coming and seeing what they're doing.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident.
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I'm not saying 'I have cerebral palsy, pay attention to me.' We all have problems, and we have to figure out how to live our best life.
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I can write a program that lets you break the copy protection on a music file. But I can't write a program that solders new connections onto a chip for you.
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When you subpoena one pastor, you subpoena every pastor.
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We were like psychedelic folk combined with Sonic Youth's noise.
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I've been at it since 1967, and I still love it. There is nothing quite like making people laugh.
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I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems.
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Growing up in Dumfries, I got no sun - I spent all my time in my room making records. When I came to America, it made me recognise the benefits of sunlight. Oh, and I also got a good haircut. I used to have a terrible haircut.
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I would love to do something like 'Fishing With John.'
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I grew up writing thank-you notes. Real, honest-to-goodness, pen-and-ink, stamped and posted letters. More than simple habit, it's about what the commitment to expressing your thoughts and feelings in writing says about the character of the writer. About the joy such notes bring to the reader.
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O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.
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Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.
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Music has always been really important to me.
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My family is more important than my party.
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Gloomy grammarians in golden gowns, Meekly you keep the mortal rendezvous, Eliciting the still sustaining pomps Of speech which are like music so profound They seem an exaltation without sound.
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You'll find my power comes from within.... and is a force to be reckoned with.
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I go for long walks in Newlands Forest in Cape Town, and I go to the Turkish baths on Sunday mornings.
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I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
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I write pretty fast, probably faster than most people. But I might think about something for six hours, then write it in 20 minutes. So did I write for six hours and 20 minutes, or just 20 minutes? I used to write absolutely every day, except for days when I had to travel or something.
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I'm pretty aware that the pursuit of perfection is, inherently, a flawed concept.
