Jonathan Lynn famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

You've only got to be in public life for about a week before you start to question if the newspapers are even giving you today's date with any accuracy!
-- Jonathan Lynn

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If people stop having secrets they stop having power.
-- Jonathan Lynn

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Being a journalist, Hacker had no particular talent for reporting facts.
-- Jonathan Lynn

#Facts #Journalism #Talent
Stalin didn't write any memoirs. He was too secretive. He was afraid people might read them.
-- Jonathan Lynn

#Humorous #Writing #Russia

Begin to rejoice in the Lord, and your bones will flourish like an herb, and your cheeks will glow with the bloom of health and freshness. Worry, fear, distrust, care-all are poisonous! Joy is balm and healing, and if you will but rejoice, God will give power.
There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when things are quiet, all is well. Subconsciously, we tend to give the preference to 'social peace,' though it be only apparent, because our lives and possessions seem then secure. Actually, human beings acquiesce too easily in evil conditions; they rebel far too little and too seldom. There is nothing noble about acquiescence in a cramped life or mere submission to superior force.
Conformity may give you a quiet life; it may even bring you to a University Chair. But all change in history, all advance, comes from the nonconformists. If there had been no trouble-makers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.
Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.
I am a big admirer of Sachin and his personality. He is a source of inspiration for the country and just looking at his photographs gives a lot of positive vibes.
Whatever you do today you've got to sleep with tonight.
Today, India consumes about 682 watts per capita, far lesser than developed nations. As India develops, it will definitely require a lot more energy.
Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores - it's called partnership.
Nothing was more up-to-date when it was built, or is more obsolete today, than the railroad station.
Journalism is always the art of the incomplete. You get bits and pieces.

Jonathan Lynn famous quotes

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