Alistair Brownlee Quotes

Schools are really, really important. It gives you access to every kid in the country. It gives you a massive pool of people to see who might be talented at different sports. It allows kids to try sports. Kids can be inspired all they want, but if they can't go out and try a sport, then it's no good.

Alistair Brownlee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 23, 1988

Topics

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Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away from that.

Jo Brand

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I'm realizing that for so much of my life I had an older viewpoint; I saw things as an older person. That's common among change-of-life babies. So I have this dichotomy where I'm either, like, super young or feel like I'm coming to the end of my years.

John Travolta

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I read a lot of true-crime books, but sometimes they can put you in a bad mood.

Steve Schirripa

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I had trouble fitting in, in a musical sense. A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you.

Tre Cool

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Performing live actually thrills me. Just get me a stage, get me a mic, and I'm going to be happy.

Rita Wilson

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It's the water. Everything is driven by the water.

Mike Thompson

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Whenever I grump when the alarm goes off, it's immediately replaced by, 'But I get to leave my office at 11 A.M. and be with my daughter all day.'

Josh Elliott

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There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down.

Joni Mitchell

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Personally I don't like it when writers become excessively proscriptive about the way that people read their books.

China Mieville

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The chief job of foreign policy today is helping to figure out the rules for the global economy and defending each nation's interests within it.

Chrystia Freeland

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Koch Industries is a multibillion-dollar business.

Austan Goolsbee

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I've been a fan of Dhoni for years. I've seen him play for India for over 10 years.

Sushant Singh Rajput

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