"Being a journalist, Hacker had no particular talent for reporting facts."

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Source : Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay (1988). “The complete Yes, Minister: the diaries of a cabinet minister”, HarperCollins

Jonathan Lynn

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“Sublime wonders lie in store,I am shown a regal residence;a mighty kingdom, an empirewith more grandeur than before.”
“Your legs feel like fried bacon after a day of climbing and descending. It's a roller coaster ride, but no one is pulling you up the mountain. You're headed toward Yosemite more than 4,000 feet of pounding the pedals. You are aware of every movement because your thighs feel tender with a sensation of pain. You push on, toward the final ascent into the valley. In front of you is a monster mountain-El Capitan. Your eyes grow wide. You take a deep breath. Suddenly, you feel only wonder.”
“I've accepted the fact that because I'm human, I'm terrific in one thing, good at some, mediocre at a bit more, and terrible at others. And if you're human, you are too. You'll have to discover the one thing that you are good at and major in it.”
“Three things are needed for success in painting and sculpture: to see beauty when young and accustom oneself to it, to work hard, and to obtain good advice.”
“I wanted the whole world or nothing.”
“I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.”
“I played violin from when I was about eight to thirteen, so I could read a little bit, but if you put a piece of music in front of me now, I would probably know the notes, but not the timing, how they're supposed to be played, and I just don't know how to read chords. If I'd stuck with it, I'd probably have more jobs.”
“What poor education I have received has been gained in the University of Life.”

Source : Speech at the Oxford Union, 2 December 1920, in Beverley Nichols '25' (1926) ch. 7

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