Alastair Humphreys Quotes
I am far more interested in being a beginner than in trying to become an expert. Life is difficult and complicated for everyone - but it’s very, very short.
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When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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I like watching films that can play in any language because they're essentially silent.
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I've got this old-school workout - push-ups, sit-ups, tricep dips. And it worked. Anybody can do this at home.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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I know a lot of people struggle with the idea of Jesus and their idea of God. I think, if you don't even know what you're praying to or who you're praying to, based on what I know to be true, regardless, God's always listening.
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I have no animus toward digital, though I still pretty much take everything on a silver-based negative, either a wet plate or just regular silver 8x10. But I've started messing a little bit with scanning the negative and then reworking it just slightly.
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We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.
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I think it's good if areas get upgraded and gentrified, as long as the people who always lived there can stay. But they get pushed out to some place.
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As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes.
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What does that suggest when a compound this simple plays such an important role? To me it suggests that nitric oxide is one of the most primitive elements of cellular signaling, that it goes way back into evolution.
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Endless good now comes to me in endless ways.
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The most important role of managers is to create environment in which people are passionately dedicated to winning in marketplace.
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Thats when you know youve found somebody special. When you can just shut the f**k up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence.
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No citizen has any right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training; it is part of his profession as a citizen to keep himself in good condition... It is a disgrace for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and the strength of which his body is capable.
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Cowardice asks the question, is it safe?
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A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up her spirits than the woman whose total concern is centered in her own personal problems.
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Cocaine is yucky. I did it once: I was at a party; I was bored. I was like, 'Alright, I'll do a line.' Then I was just bored longer.
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I look at myself more as a storyteller than a screenwriter, as pretentious as that may sound, but that's what really attracts me to TED Talks. For me, the really effective ones are being presented by expert storytellers.
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I'm more interested in what I'm going to leave behind me than in making a big hit record. I've refined what I do for a long time. If getting better at it means it goes over the heads of those who only wanted to party, then so be it.
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I am far more interested in being a beginner than in trying to become an expert. Life is difficult and complicated for everyone - but it’s very, very short.
