Andrew Flintoff Quotes
Captaincy is something you get better at through experience. You've got to trust your instincts.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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Nearly half of the American population is eagerly anticipating the end of the world. This dewy-eyed nihilism provides absolutely no incentive to build a sustainable civilization. Many of these people are lunatics, but they are not the lunatic fringe.
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor.
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I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but I think what really happened was just my music seems to work so well with rap music.
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Reading was not just an escape or a Band-Aid; it was a deep form of feeling seen and recognized, and being able to see and recognize other kindred spirits. My dad was a writer, too, which also likely had something to do with that.
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The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked.
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Do send out a newsletter when you have a new book out or are going on tour. Also list relevant event dates and notifications of contests you are running.
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There is no need for neighborhood informants and paper dossiers if the government can see citizens' every Web site visit, e-mail and text message.
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Writing is boring, very boring, and it takes so much patience.
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The world is full of people who would like nothing better than to spend six hours on a golf course. I would rather be chopping shallots.
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Every actor has his own identity. I don't aspire to be Bond. My quest is to do something new, something different.
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Rich people don't pay taxes? Of course they pay taxes - they pay tons in taxes. They pay for everyone else who doesn't pay taxes.
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In some ways, I feel like I've always dabbled in nostalgia. It's just what I do; it comes naturally.
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I'm not saying that being gay is what defines me, but at the same time, if you feel like you have to hide it, then it becomes what defines you. You keep it hidden, and the secret becomes you.
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Usually I write the songs at home and then I bring them in to the band; when we play them as a band, that's kinda how we figure out the feel of how they're going to be presented on the record or live.
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The face of America's eviction epidemic is a mom with kids.
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Technology has forever changed the world we live in. We're online, in one way or another, all day long. Our phones and computers have become reflections of our personalities, our interests, and our identities. They hold much that is important to us.
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Don't let your children take priority over your marriage and your work and everything else.
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By not trying the small cases, the lawyers don't get the courtroom experience. So when the huge, bet-the-company cases come along, there are only a handful of trial lawyers who can handle it. That's why these big corporations still call us old-timers every day.
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In this life, you should read everything you can read. Taste everything you can taste. Meet everyone you can meet. Travel everywhere you can travel. Learn everything you can learn. Experience everything you can experience.
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The first documentary I saw that tried to show the actual experience of being a soldier in combat was 'The Anderson Platoon,' by French director Pierre Schoendoerffer, which won the Oscar for best documentary in 1967.
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Captaincy is something you get better at through experience. You've got to trust your instincts.
