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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It is up to us to make the right choice and the right decisions.
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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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Everything and anything is valuable.
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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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Many environmental battles are won by delaying a destructive project long enough to change the conversation - to allow new economic, political and social dynamics to emerge.
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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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There is great freedom in simplicity of living.
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
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There is some pretty powerful self-interest in wanting a future that is not just running storm-to-storm. The argument that I make is not that we aren't competitive and selfish and greedy. We are. We're all of these things. We're complicated, competitive, greedy and nasty, and kind and generous and compassionate.
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My height can be a problem. A lot of directors and photographers are sometimes not happy because I'm pretty tall and especially if I work with short actors the difference can be pretty massive.
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I'm pretty aware that the pursuit of perfection is, inherently, a flawed concept.
