John Thorn Quotes

For many of us, sport has provided the continuity in our lives, the alternative family to the one we left behind. It gives us something to talk about, to preen about, to care about.

John Thorn

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FamilyCareTalkLeftSomethingUs

I have a life. My kids don't run my house.

Mayim Bialik

LifeHouseRunKids

I feel so entirely in my element with a full orchestra; even if my mortal enemies were marshalled before me, I could lead them, master them, surround them, or repulse them.

Robert Schumann

MeFeelOrchestraEnemiesMaster

I don't believe in guilt; I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person. And don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free.

Angelina Jolie

LifeLivePeopleBelieveThinkHurt

I love breakfast, and I don't see any reason it has to be cereal and eggs and toast.

Ruth Reichl

LoveBreakfastReasonSeeEggsAny

There is no guaranteed formula. And that's one of the interesting things about filmmaking. You could put $115 million in, and it doesn't guarantee success.

Michelle Yeoh

SuccessInterestingYouFilmmaking

Michael died five years ago this January, and the first thing that really struck me about the script was the part about her peeling off from the funeral and just getting into a rowboat and having a real kind of cry where nobody was.

Judi Dench

JanuaryMeNobodyCryKindFirst

Some people separate their work and home lives, but I love the idea of having my studio and house in the same space.

Cornelia Parker

WorkLoveHomeSpacePeopleHouse

Hey, I think it's easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it's a much greater accomplishment. That's hard.

Bob Uecker

AccomplishmentThinkLongEasyTry

In Tbilisi in 1990, I recall watching zealous Georgians smash statues of Lenin and Stalin. A few days earlier, though, in Moscow I had been invited to address the Red Army, as one of the first Brits to benefit from Glasnost. The subject they chose: The Cuban Missile Crisis.

Alistair Horne

RedArmyCrisisFirstWatchingDays

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

Philip Massinger

WiseFallSoarRiseHighStoop

The whole working-in-an-office thing was a dream for me - I never get to do it! I'm secretly very organised and obsessed with stationery, especially staplers and post-its, which I know is a little weird.

Poppy Delevingne

MeWeirdDreamKnowNeverLittle

Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you.

Paul Tsongas

FearMeaningYouWillDaysDepth

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