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A work of art doesn't exist outside the perception of the audience. ”
It's a huge honour to play my 100th Test, and I never in my life thought I'll be in this kind of position. ”
It's never easy to lose. But life is not all sunshine and roses. ”
The fear of failing... not quite the fear of failing, but the uncertainty of whether you are going to perform or not, is there every single game I have played in my life. It will always be there. ”
There are big tournaments going on around the world, and some of them you cannot ignore because, financially, they make a huge difference in our lives. ”
For my part, I am not a great believer in bad luck on the cricket field, in business - in fact, in any walk of life. ”
Even the thunderous master-blasters, like Andre Russell and MS Dhoni, men who now make scoring more than 20 runs per over look simple, often thrive on the right side of an incredibly slender gap between six and out. They are not more lucky than anyone else. They are more brilliant. ”
We want to swing the ball as much as we can. We try and get it to reverse, putting more sweat on one side and things like that. But we don't cheat. ”
They wanted to audition people for the Middle East correspondent on 'The Daily Show.' They wanted to hire somebody ethnic for that slot. Helms had left, Cordry had left, and they felt that they needed an ethnic face. So, I went in and auditioned, and I got the job. ”
An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you. ”