Simon Winchester
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DAVID PROWSE INDRA NOOYI SIMON SCHAMA BORIS JOHNSON I am getting old, so I really don't like clocks. JAMES ROSENQUIST I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at. KATE ADIE I Don't Like What I Do, I Love What I Do! JOHN PETERS W. MITCHELL ALLAN SHERMAN BILL BUDGE I am getting used to it day by day, but the football here is very physical. I need more time and I a... DU WEI SWAMI RAMDAS I don't want the public to be confused about these names. I want the public to be focused on what th... DON CLARK IOAN GRUFFUDD I am walking a fine line, but I am doing it very carefully because I am not disclosing actual vulner... TOM FERRIS They're getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is such a f... GUILLERMO DEL TORO Then I remembered I was back on tour, and it was time to screw up. The old habits just don't seem to... ANDREW MAGEE I think ballet has influenced my personality a lot in the sense that I am very disciplined in all of... YUAN YUAN TAN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE PAMELA ANDERSON MICHAEL BLOOMBERG ANNE WOJCICKI Deadlines have no credibility. What we have to concentrate on is getting the job done. CRAWFORD FALCONER I have friends who I consider my peers, who have done amazing work, particularly in the film and tel... BARRY JENKINS Being brutally honest is no virtue. It is still brutality. Being tactfully honest is one of the more... TROY J. GAINEY ROBERT REDFORD GORDON RAMSAY ACTION BRONSON We haven't had much time to think about what we wanted to do. Just thinking about getting that ticke... CHASITY RUTJENS I have gotten into a lot of trouble in my life for being brutally honest. Sometimes I put both my fe... CRISTINA SARALEGUI I felt very unsure about this match, to be honest. I had a bad feeling about it but what matters is ... ROGER FEDERER RICHARD J. NEEDHAM ARUNDHATI ROY I was heartbroken and in disbelief at the same time. To be honest, I still can't believe it. KRISTINA DAVIS I do serve on various boards and I'm very honest and frank, obviously. I am a very forthright pe... KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW After that there will be enough time to think about United - it's a game that I know I am going to e... DIEGO FORLAN In real life, I'm so brutally honest that it almost works against me sometimes. HOLLAND RODEN SOPHIA AMORUSO I think it's caused (producers) to be more disciplined about locking in future prices. But even that... GRIFF JONES MARY TYLER MOORE LORII MYERS I don't know very much, but what I do know I know better than anybody, and I don't want to argue abo... JAMES AGATE CHARLIE WATTS I think he's very set on his work ethic. And I think he's getting what he deserves. He's put the tim... MARCUS GREER We've only been on the market for about four weeks with the technology. But in a very short time, ..... CHARLES RYAN I am very much a Republican. LARAINE DAY I am what I am, but I'm not a thief. And I'm not scandalous. JERRY HELLER CHARLES FRAZIER NAPOLEON BONAPARTE BAHMAN GHOBADI I'm getting fat... because my size, I put on 20 or 30 pounds, it doesn't show very much... I... YAO MING DAVID SCHWIMMER VIRAT KOHLI PIET MONDRIAN What I am talking about is how much do I think I am going to sell, how much do I think I am going to... HOWARD DRESNER JESSE VENTURA SHARON STONE We're brutally honest with them, and that aids in motivation. AMY JONES To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I ... DAMON HILL I fit perfectly within my vibration. I am wholly complete in the knowledge that I am who I am suppos... DEBBIE A. ANDERSON NOEL GALLAGHER GERMANY KENT I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better sto... ZHANG YIMOU I drank more wine when I wasn't working as much, to be honest. THOMAS KELLER Just do what you love. This is what I am doing. ANGELIQUE KERBER I am very much aware that if I am getting good press at the moment I could just as easily be getting... DAMON HILL GERMANY KENT DAVID GILMOUR A quote isn't a quote until that quote is quotably quoted by and official Quotesman I AM TIMEPIECE The internet has too much information out there for you to ask a dumb question I AM TIMEPIECE I am no longer a rare breed, I am an endangered species I AM TIMEPIECE I wish there was an edit button on Life because sometimes we don't realize the mistakes we've made u... I AM TIMEPIECE Life are full of memories, capture them I AM TIMEPIECE I don't fit in because I was born to stand out I AM TIMEPIECE To be perfectly honest with you, I think it's reckless to love and trust another person. It's clearl... KAORI EKUNI To be honest with you, I don't male-bash. I don't believe in male-bashing. I write about thi... CHERRELLE I am still shell-shocked, to be honest. I felt in a great frame of mind, hit the ball beautifully on... JUSTIN ROSE To be honest, I am somebody that, as long as I have a character, it doesn't really matter if it&... HANNAH TOINTON DEYTH BANGER We may not be as successful in getting the same result in humans as in mice. But I am very much conv... GERD HASENFUSS I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am. DANA PLATO I don't think of myself as pretty. I am what I am. ISABELI FONTANA From a very young age, music was very much in my house. I would sit with my mom, with the old LPs, l... LARA PULVER DEYTH BANGER I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat. DANIEL BOULUD I do enjoy filming, but I do consider myself still to be a bit of a novice, and I learn a bit every ... GEMMA JONES LL COOL J TOM WATSON JOURDAN DUNN
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I don't hero worship for the sake of hero worship. When I find people who are truly remarkable -... SIMON WINCHESTER Millions upon millions of people came here full of hope and aspiration to this extraordinary land of... SIMON WINCHESTER We associate the North Atlantic with cod. The motto of Newfoundland used to be 'In cod we trust.... SIMON WINCHESTER Why do we as a people choose to live in beautiful and risky places? Beautiful places are relatively ... SIMON WINCHESTER All of those broken bones in northern Japan, all of those broken lives and those broken homes prompt... SIMON WINCHESTER Nature is not evil. The world occasionally shrugs its shoulders, and people get knocked off. The ear... SIMON WINCHESTER Nothing is eternally stable, and even Kansas isn't really in Kansas anymore. The earth is in a c... SIMON WINCHESTER The comparisons to Katrina are numerous and just eerie, SIMON WINCHESTER My wife is very interested in fashion. I am absolutely not. I couldn't give a toss. Fashion is a... SIMON WINCHESTER I find the science behind major natural events almost more interesting than the way in which those s... SIMON WINCHESTER The scientific world of the time was in the midst of a terrible ferment, with discoveries and realiz... SIMON WINCHESTER I think everybody is starting to click. We're starting to figure things out. ANTHONY WINCHESTER It is a really hard way to go out. We thought we had a really good shot at winning a championship. W... ANTHONY WINCHESTER We've gotten on a good roll here. Twenty wins is 20 wins. I think we're the best team in Kentucky. I... ANTHONY WINCHESTER This is my last year, and I realize what that means. I can't let down. If I don't get (an NCAA trip)... ANTHONY WINCHESTER I wanted the ball, and I'm always gonna try to get the ball in that situation. I can't do anything a... ANTHONY WINCHESTER We've been doing a lot of talking, and for us to finally get one of these games that actually matter... ANTHONY WINCHESTER It's not going to change the way that I approach the games. Doesn't matter what line you are or wher... BRAD WINCHESTER It was an exciting day, yesterday. Definitely fun to be a part of that win. BRAD WINCHESTER He made a really good play on the boards to get it to the middle of the ice. His stick is so good, i... BRAD WINCHESTER I wasn't sure if I was going to play today -- I came to the rink and found out. It was exciting to p... BRAD WINCHESTER It just kind of popped out in the slot, it feels good to help out. BRAD WINCHESTER You have to try to be in the moment with things and not get caught up in the situation too much. But... BRAD WINCHESTER I just tried to find a hole. BRAD WINCHESTER Now it's going to be a matter of taking the energy of this game into the games back home. BRAD WINCHESTER I think finales are always so hit or miss because they're so personal. When you do a finale, it&... PHILIP WINCHESTER As a judge he needs to comply with the law. His life both professionally and personally needs to be ... COLIN WINCHESTER I wish she had half a clue what seeing that happy face does for me. I can't quite explain it to myse... MELYSSA WINCHESTER I think the first thing I did when I was a kid was a Maxwell House Coffee commercial with George Str... PHILIP WINCHESTER They can, in fact, expand the industry as they bring on new capacity. And that's partially a functio... JAMES WINCHESTER There's an unprecedented imbalance. And it's going to get worse. JAMES WINCHESTER Using the crime analysis information, officers know what types of crimes are taking place and in wha... BONNIE WINCHESTER If police officers arrested Kennedy, then they had reason to believe that he was driving under the i... BONNIE WINCHESTER This car apparently did not want to pull over. It took off at a high rate of speed. BONNIE WINCHESTER I don’t know whose bright idea it was to turn the prom into a masquerade ball, but whoever it was,... 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SAM SIMON I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do t... SAM SIMON 'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thoug... SAM SIMON I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work. SAM SIMON One of the things about animal rights, which is not the only thing that I care about in this world, ... SAM SIMON The truth is, I have more money than I'm interested in spending. Everyone in my family is taken ... SAM SIMON Work made me crazy. I was tough to get along with. SAM SIMON I don't believe in miracles. SAM SIMON I am a big PETA supporter, and their East Coast headquarters is the Sam Simon building, and their We... SAM SIMON A lot of charities spend a million dollars on a fundraiser to make $15,000. It's a social swirl.... SAM SIMON I want to do whatever I can to survive. SAM SIMON I don't think the spirit of Hollywood is such a spirit of generosity. I think people really begr... SAM SIMON Veganism is an answer for almost every problem facing the world in terms of hunger and climate chang... SAM SIMON The sort of lifetime achievement stuff that I'm getting now is kind of like Tom Sawyer's fun... SAM SIMON There are certain times you realize you've got too much money. One was when I started getting bi... SAM SIMON When people make donations to non profits, they want to know that their money goes to good use. SAM SIMON Boxing should probably be banned. But until then, I'm a big fan. SAM SIMON Through PETA, we rescue animals in roadside zoos and circuses. They are some of the most abused anim... SAM SIMON SIMON SINEK SIMON SINEK SIMON SINEK SIMON SINEK SIMON SINEK SIMON SINEK If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done,' it would hav... SIMON COWELL SIMON SINEK SIMON SINEK SIMON SINEK SIMON SINEK SIMON HOGGART Learning music is a birthright. And you have to start young. SIMON RATTLE SIMON HOGGART He always describes his characters' voices and their physique so brilliantly. As people have sai... SIMON CALLOW HERBERT SIMON SIMON MAINWARING SIMON SINEK I can't read a computer screen and never use a calculator. It's all in my head and by hand. SIMON REUBEN I'm a happy camper when I'm doing both: writing and art every day, along with a dose of read... MARGE SIMON SIMON HOGGART SIMON HOGGART SIMON MAINWARING Every time I sat in a chemistry lesson, I thought, 'What am I doing this for? I don't ever w... SIMON COWELL What do we do after? Build a transfer station? Direct haul? And what will the form be? Contract with... ALAN SIMON If we fill to capacity we don't have to do a tax or bond to cover the rest. ALAN SIMON We're taking in less [household] trash and have more capacity. And capacity equals money. ALAN SIMON It's pretty much a lull in the action. We're looking forward to the next few years. ALAN SIMON SIMON MAINWARING If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn't have to go to an osteopath, then t... SIMON RATTLE As a child growing up in a grey-skied Yorkshire village, I would occasionally happen upon a Bollywoo... SIMON BEAUFOY Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big tro... SIMON COWELL Don't borrow someone else's spectacles to view yourself with. SIMON TRAVAGLIA I work out three or four times a week, I have Botox, take tons of vitamins and vitamin infusions - i... SIMON COWELL I've had Botox, but then again pretty much everyone I know has. To me, Botox is no more unusual ... SIMON COWELL I get paid very well and am happy with what I make, but I'm not in the super-rich bracket. I sho... SIMON BIRD SIMON HOGGART SIMON SINEK SIMON MAINWARING SIMON MAINWARING The golden age is before us, not behind us. ST. SIMON NEIL SIMON Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow,
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Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships. 
I have to be honest, I am a true jeans and t-shirt girl. 
I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't k... 
I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I... 
I'm very honest - brutally honest. I always look at things from their point of view as well as m... 
I am somebody who has never been able to give up '60s habits. I am the inevitable old codger on ... 
I promised to run the most open and transparent administration in Britain. That is why, with this br... 
What I focus on in life is what I get. And if I concentrate on how bad I am or how wrong I am or how... 
I have always lived beyond my means. I am still trying to live beyond my means, but it is getting ha... 
To be honest, I look at my Pinball program and feel that it is old stuff. I could do much better. 
All spiritual disciplined are done with a view to still the mind. The perfectly still mind is univer... 
To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very p... 
I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I. -Much Ado a... 
I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid. 
I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy. 
I'm not going to change; I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am. 
I'm not a facelift person. I am what I am. 
I am what I am. A fighter. 
I'm gonna be honest. I don't care about much. I care about people liking my music. I made it... 
The person who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more. 
I am very conscious that, from the time of 'The God of Small Things' was published 10 years ... 
I don't want to spend too much time dwelling on what I've already done because there is stil... 
There are certain things about me that I will never tell to anyone because I am a very private perso... 
Wasted strokes, like missed deadlines, are preventable and costly. 
I think it's an awful drink, to be honest with you. 
Publishers give you deadlines for those last phases of production that are perfectly comfortable for... 
I have made noise enough in the world already, perhaps too much, and am now getting old, and want re... 
I'm very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an... 
To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way. 
My shopping habits... I am not very brand-conscious about clothes. I buy whatever looks good on me. ... 
I am only satisfied insofar as I feel 'Broadway Boogie Woogie' is a definite progress, but e... 
I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I&... 
If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you cou... 
Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time crit... 
I don't have a very disciplined approach to practicing or anything, but I do tend to have a guit... 
... I am you... what am I going to do?"
I am what I am, I'm doing very well in my life, and I'm thankful to God for that. 
I'm very happy with my life. I am what I am. I don't worry about anything that I can't c... 
I am not big on jewelry, but I do love hats as an accessory, specifically snap backs and beanies. 
There is no decision that we can make that doesn't come with some sort of balance or sacrifice. 
A friend is an emotional bond, just like friendship is a human experience. 
A five minute call replaces the time it takes to read and reply to the original email and read and r... 
Life was so much simpler in pre-video days when everyone refused invitations because the 'Forsyt... 
One of the pleasures of staying with friends is that you get to browse their shelves. I always arriv... 
The social sciences, I thought, needed the same kind of rigor and the same mathematical underpinning... 
Too many brands treat social media as a one way, broadcast channel, rather than a two-way dialogue t... 
It's sad that the BBC is toning down Dennis the Menace for a cartoon series. He is losing his we... 
The most potentially transformative impact of social media is its ability to encourage brands to mar... 
Non-disclosure in the Internet Age is quickly perceived as a breach of trust. Government, corporatio... 
Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count. 
People like us, we think differently, don't we? We are different. We do all the things that others d... 
Oga. Watu hawaogi ndiyo maana wachafu. Kuoga ni lazima kutumia maji. Ukitaka kuoga neno, tumia maji;... 
There are in me the seeds from which, if necessary, the universe could be constructed. In me somewhe... 
New York is not Mecca. It just smells like it. 
To be worth making at all a journey has to be made in the mind as much as in the world of objects an... 
Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is blissfully ignorant. 
All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. 
Some years ago, writing about stage adaptations of fiction, I noted: 
For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the next victims must be Jews... 
It is a comfort to the unfortunate to have companions in woe.
[Lat., Solamen miseris socios habuis... 
Better your room than your company. 
Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams. 
All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. 
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. 
Albert Camus, a great humanist and existentialist voice, pointed out that to commit to a just cause ... 
There are two Americas - separate, unequal, and no longer even acknowledging each other except on th... 
As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another p... 
You're lucky you had that when you were 20. I sure didn't. I was overweight, and I had acne. 
Playing piano well is one thing, but attempting to play at concert level accompanying Meryl Streep w... 
A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars. 
Learning is any change in a system that produces a more or less permanent change in its capacity for... 
Like springs, adaptations can only go downhill. 
There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful. 