Rowan Williams (Rowan Douglas Williams) Quotes
Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of the things you will do as a bishop is disappoint people'.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
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I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
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I was an expert horseman.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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Sport's hard: the margin between winning and losing is tiny.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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I have a great office.
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But since I am in the music industry, I don't want anyone to download music, not on September 9th.
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A song of mine called 'I'll Take Care of You' was on that 'Wide Open Spaces' Dixie Chicks album.
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For me, there's nothing better than curling up in my favorite blanket on a cloudy or rainy day and just knit. Especially in front of the fireplace.
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I was very fortunate to grow up with parents who love to travel, so I traveled from a young age. My dad's a heart surgeon and goes to conferences all over the world. By the time I was seven, I traveled outside the country for the first time. We went to Paris. The next year, we went to London, and then Brussels.
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One of the things I haven't been ready for is how male-dominated the music industry is. I just didn't have a clue.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.
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I can make more generals, but horses cost money.
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Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing Brahms ballades - haunting.
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Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be there when the time comes.
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The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and, as a matter of fact, has grown faster since I left than it was growing while I was there! It must be doing something right.
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I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work.
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Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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Personal brand equity erodes much faster than corporate brand equity.
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I think I am a religious person just by nature. I think I sort of view everything through the lens of some inner undying thing in people that drives them to act as they do or to feel ashamed of not acting in some other way.
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Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of the things you will do as a bishop is disappoint people'.
