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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In the beginning I just wanted to survive. For the first three years, we made zero revenue. I remember many times when I was trying to pay up, the restaurant owner would say, 'Your bill was paid.' And there would be a note saying, 'Mr. Ma, I'm your customer on the Alibaba platform. I made a lot of money, and I know you don't, so I paid the bill.'
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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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Gujaratis are smart people.
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Morality and values depend on the existence of conscious minds - and specifically on the fact that such minds can experience various forms of well-being and suffering in this universe.
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There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.
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The most I have to fear while hiking in Warwickshire and Worcestershire, the two historic British counties closest to my city home in Birmingham, is whether or not the mud awaiting me in the narrow lanes ahead is deep enough to foul my socks.
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Savor more; fix less. Laugh more; cry less. Anticipate positively more; anticipate negatively less. Just practice that and watch what happens.
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Captaincy is something you get better at through experience. You've got to trust your instincts.
