Jonathan Brownlee Quotes

During an open water swim, it's easy to lose your direction. With all the splash, it can be quite hard to see the next buoy, so I look behind it for something bigger, like a tree or a building, and aim for that instead.

Jonathan Brownlee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 30, 1990

Topics

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In the entertainment business, everybody is desperately insecure, and the guys in Silicon Valley seem to be slightly overconfident.

Jimmy Iovine

BusinessEntertainmentSeemValley

The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation.

Jeff Hawkins

IntelligenceKeyAlwaysBeen

For years now, Chinese parents and teachers have lamented what's known as the 'xiao huangdi' - or little emperor - phenomenon, a generation of pampered and entitled children who believe they sit at the center of the social universe because that's exactly how they've been treated.

Jeffrey Kluger

ChildrenParentsBelieveGeneration

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

WellOurPerpetualFluxAffections

These vessels are out of sight, out of mind. They are exempt from minimum-wage requirements, from Coast Guard inspections, OSHA regulations and other safety laws.

Steve Finley

MindSafetySightOutGuardLaws

Throughout history, people with few educational or economic resources and little bargaining power have often looked to authoritarian, ruthless people to stand up for them.

Stephanie Coontz

PowerHistoryPeopleStand UpStand

'Uff da,' for the unenlightened, is Norwegian for 'oy vey' and is a common expression in Minnesotese.

Steve Rushin

ExpressionCommonNorwegian

Stay away from excellence at all costs; it stinks.

Michael Leunig

ExcellenceAwayStayCostsStinks

New Orleans is like the bad-kid island in 'Pinocchio.'

Jonah Hill

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When I was 17, I studied at RADA in London for the summer. I wanted to live abroad and to pursue drama, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity. I thought I may as well throw myself in at the deep end. My first big role is in 'Starlet.'

Dree Hemingway

LiveOpportunityMyselfDeepThought

You just have to stand and grit your teeth and know your poll numbers are going to go down - and mine have - but you gotta grit through it because the alternative is unacceptable.

Chris Christie

StandGritYouDownNumbersKnow

My dad's from Barbados, but I lived with my mum. She brought me up; my uncle took me to the football. I grew up in a white family, I'd say.

Ashley Cole

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