Alastair Humphreys Quotes
But whenever you think, ‘this is an exciting idea’ and immediately follow that by thinking, ‘this is a very stupid idea’ then you know you are on to a good thing and that you will regret it if you wimp out.
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We will always make music, but Die Antwoord is... finite.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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You have to be quite stupid to act.
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I started my career with 'Refugee' in Bhuj. Now, it has become a full-fledged city.
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As a woman, and as a working mom trying to get things done, you find yourself meeting adversity a lot, but you never talk about it because you don't want to bring attention to it. You don't want to go there.
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In writing a weird story, I always try very carefully to achieve the right mood and atmosphere and place the emphasis where it belongs.
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My great, great grandfather, Michael O'Hanson, fled the impending potato famine of Ireland and arrived in America in the early 1840s with his bride, Bridget. They headed for Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love and a mecca for Irish-Catholic immigrants then.
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The rabbis and their wives may say whatever they wish in private conversations. I may not like their views, but a person is allowed to say anything in his or her own home.
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The blind old man of Scio's rocky isle.
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As the coding movement continues to grow, the common narrative of the white male geek as the predominant influencer on geek culture will erode.
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The best ally you can have in breaking up a street fight is a grandmother.
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I love Steve Carell.
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I love Journey and Fleetwood Mac.
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The doors fly open when you're a professional athlete.
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I'm going to keep rushing the ball until the whistle blows and it's the end of the game. That's how I'm going to keep playing.
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I don't talk about consciousness. I talk about interiority.
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I'm not a cook. I like to watch the Food Network, but I don't like to cook.
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A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.
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It is very difficult to pass from pleasure to work. Accordingly more poems have been swallowed up by sorrow than ever happiness caused to blaze forth in unparalleled radiance.
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The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.
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But whenever you think, ‘this is an exciting idea’ and immediately follow that by thinking, ‘this is a very stupid idea’ then you know you are on to a good thing and that you will regret it if you wimp out.
