Daniel Johnston Quotes
I like to tour, but I prefer to tour in the United States. If I go overseas, I tend to get into trouble.
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I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
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The combination of olive oil, garlic and lemon juice lifts the spirits in winter.
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The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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I don't like to make a big splash anyway.
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Westerns are a type of picture which everybody can see and enjoy. Westerns always make money. And they always increase a star's fan following.
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I'm not going to freeze under the pressure. I'm hoping I can stand up to it.
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I have little doubt that gerontologists will eventually find a way to avoid, or more likely, delay, the unpleasantries of extended life.
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If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.
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I think that if writers are tempted to do other things, they ought to go do other things. They should not write if they don't feel like it. I say this as a competitor. I am not interested in encouraging people who are in competition with me.
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In 2014, having children is complicated and daunting and fraught - as much as it's always been, but now we're talking about it. And the more we talk about it, the more of us will realize that we're not going through it alone. Far from it.
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I'll say anything to live.
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I was raised on NBC television.
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It had never occurred to me before that music and thinking are so much alike. In fact you could say music is another way of thinking, or maybe thinking is another kind of music.
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A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in weeds. His Majesty roots up the weeds and will put in good plants instead. Let us reckon that this is already done when the soul decides to practice prayer and has begun to do so.
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Burton Cummings joining the Guess Who in January 1966 changed my life forever. It's been a rocky affiliation, no doubt. One journalist once described our relationship as the longest running soap opera in Canadian history. That may be a bit oversimplified.
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CrossFit is just another thing I've become passionate about. I like to continue to make gains and compete with myself. There's many ways to do that either with adding weight or competing with my own times or my previous records. It's been nothing but a benefit to me, and I love lifting weights.
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Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.
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One of the downsides of working in antiquity is that you don't have many female voices, but you certainly have a lot of male terror about the potential of women's power. It shows you very clearly that the most oppressive cultures tend to be afraid of those whom they oppress.
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Reason is powerless in the expression of Love.
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I went to America on holiday when I was 17 and, before I knew it, I'd been signed up by an agency and had these obligations I didn't understand, but which I couldn't say no to. This industry chose me. But I did choose to make it fulfilling.
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How I'm portrayed in films has more to do with the filmmaking and what they need in the story than anything else. I'm the same person I've always been, I just get used in different ways according to the filmmakers' needs - which is fine with me; it makes for great films.
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It's a hobby for me, but I'm never alone if there's a guitar there.
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I like to tour, but I prefer to tour in the United States. If I go overseas, I tend to get into trouble.
