Chris Tavare Quotes

Tavaré played 30 Tests for England between 1980 and 1984, adding a final cap five years later. He filled for much of that period the role of opening batsman, even though the bulk of his first-class career was spent at Nos. 3 and 4. He was, in that sense, a typical selection in a period of chronic English indecision and improvisation, filling a hole rather than commanding a place. But he tried - how he tried. Ranji once spoke of players who 'went grey in the service of the game'; Tavaré, slim, round-shouldered, with a feint moustache, looked careworn and world-weary from the moment he graduated to international cricket. ~ Gideon Haigh

Some years ago I adjourned with a friend to a nearby schoolyard net for a recreational hit. On the way, we exchanged philosophies of cricket, and a few personal partialities. What, my friend asked, did I consider my favourite shot? 'Easy,' I replied ingenuously. 'Back-foot defensive stroke.'

My friend did a double take and demanded a serious response. When I informed him he'd had one, he scoffed: 'You'll be telling me that Chris Tavaré's your favourite player next.' My guilty hesitation gave me away. 'You Poms!' he protested. 'You all stick together! ~ Gideon Haigh

I put music on and I drive around town. ~ Chris Isaak

Being forced to confront the prospect of failure head-on - to study it, dissect it, tease apart all its components and consequences - really works. After a few years of doing that pretty much daily, you've forged the strongest possible armor to defend against fear: hard-won competence.

Our training pushes us to develop a new set of instincts: instead of reacting to danger with a fight-or-flight adrenaline rush, we're trained to respond unemotionally by immediately prioritizing threats and methodically seeking to defuse them. We go from wanting to bolt for the exit to wanting to engage and understand what's going wrong, then fix it. ~ Chris Hadfield

I have to be careful with surfing. It's still an addiction to me. It's all I want to do, and that's the big dilemma I have with it. ~ Chris Carter

But Ana, how could I have been such a lousy judge of character?" I groaned.
"Because you don't much care to judge people's characters," she answered after a moment's thought. "It's a strength, you know, as well as weakness."
It was small consolation. ~ Chris Stewart

Baby steps count, as long as you are going forward. You add them all up, and one day you look back and you'll be surprised at where you might get to. ~ Chris Gardner

I'm just trying to get back to normal life. ~ Chris Kyle

Life's too short to play it safe sometimes. (If he feels something special about Emma, he should go for it.) ~ Chris Coppernoll

Chris [ Nolan] and I have a strange way of working from the non-movie process, where after all these conversations and reading the script and more conversations, Chris went out and shot the films and the first thing he did, he wouldn't show it to me until I had written the music - not out of meanness, or anything, it just sort of seemed an interesting idea to see if there was some synchronicity and letting me use my imagination to the fullest instead of being constricted by cuts and images. ~ Christopher Nolan

I remember when I had my show [The Chris Rock Show on HBO], I used to run my show. It was so hard to get people to bring sketches to me. No one had ever worked for a black person before. Even the black people hadn't worked for a black person. It literally took a month or two for everybody to know: I'm really running the show. ~ Scott Raab

Plateaus are a manifestation of the law of diminishing returns, and when we reach one it simply means that it is time to adjust our methods. ~ Chris Matakas

To be the best you have to beat the best ~ Chris Brown

Perception number one, how you want people to think about you when you arrive and perception number two, how you want them to talk about you once you have left. ~ Chris Murray

I'm always calculating what I want to do, who I want to be, what I want to accomplish. I don't need to worry about that - that's always there on a slow simmer. The muscle I have to work on is being more present. ~ Chris Pine

The reason I make movies now has a lot to do with having seen Star Wars when I was seven years old. That's the formative movie-going experience of my life. ~ Chris Weitz

As an astronaut, especially during launch, half of the risk of a six-month flight is in the first nine minutes. ~ Chris Hadfield

I am sure every movie I've made, even as an actor, had multiple test screenings. And I am sure there have been horrible things written about me. But I never have to see them! ~ Chris Evans

I have opinions about the differences between Memphis barbecue and Texas barbecue. Put me in the kitchen and you'll see how Southern I can be. ~ Chris Hardwick

Basically, I only play one character; I just play him at different volumes. ~ Chris Farley

I think there's something in the fact that it's hard to be good looking and funny. You have to have an oddball quality; people have to sympathise with you to find you funny. ~ Chris O'Dowd

As a rule it usually takes three or four readings for me to be interested in a script, and if I'm interested I'll read it three or four times before I make a strong decision. ~ Chris Cooper

Human civilization was annihilated in three hours, before even one alien bothered to set foot on the ground. ~ Chris J. Randolph

Nothing
and I mean nothing, Carly Banks
is crazy if you're in love. ~ Chris Bohjalian

Raise up the people beside you & quit worshipping those above you. ~ Chris Brogan

Female monsters take things as personally as they really are. They study facts. Even if rejection makes them feel like the girl who's not invited to the party, they have to understand the reasons why.
... Every question, once it's formulated, is a paradigm, contains its own internal truth. We have to stop diverting ourselves with false questions. And I told Warren: I aim to be a female monster too. ~ Chris Kraus

He was too old to be working, too young to be dead and too broke to do anything else. Life's a bitch, sometimes... ~ Chris Culver

I love what Chris & Katy are bringing to the table with Coal Train Railroad. It makes ME feel like a kid again! I think children of all ages will love the humor, silliness and the catchy, cool, and crazy music that reminds us all that music should be fun to listen to. I'm honored (and slightly tickled) to be part of this wonderful project. Thanks! ~ Jeff Coffin

If I do cardio I'll disappear. ~ Chris Evans

It is a grace to be able to hold on to someone who runs at life when you can only imagine walking. ~ Chris Fabry

Rome didn't create an Empire by holding meetings - they did it by killing their enemies. ~ Chris Johnson

Tomorrow we bite
The hand that feeds us today
Either way, we'll eat ~ Chris Dahlen

Smile- this certainly goes along with having a Positive outlook. Just smiling can be enough to change how we feel about a negative situation. Try it. The next time you're mad at something, just smile. It's like your mind automatically shifts to positive thinking. People that are always smiling tend to be warm and inviting people. Be one of those people. ~ Chris Marinucci

I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son. ~ Chris Gardner

I think that the most significant, guiding principle was that we wanted to return to a three-piece live form, whereas we became a four-piece for the last record because the songs had more extensive arrangements and we needed a keyboard player to pull off a lot of those songs. We missed the energy, and more push-and-pull of the three-piece. ~ Chris Cain

The goal of the Christian is not to become like Jesus; because as He is, so are we in this world. ~ Chris Oyakhilome