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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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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The sanctions will not kill us. It's apartheid that's killing us.
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The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.
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I prize being just a normal dude that wakes up, goes to work, comes home to his wife - like, quite boring.
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I am a stubborn optimist: I was born an optimist and will remain an optimist.
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My iPod's unbelievable. Seriously. The kids have put most of the music on it, but there's a complete mix of '80s rubbish and current day stuff.
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One of the most powerful concepts, one which is a sure cure for lack of confidence, is the thought that God is with you and helping you. This is one of the simplest teachings in religion, namely, that Almighty God will be your companion, will stand by you, help you, and see you through. No other idea is so powerful in developing self-confidence as this simple belief when practiced. To practice it simply affirm "God is with me; God is helping me; God is guiding me." Spend several minutes each day visualizing his presence. Then practice believing that affirmation.
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Our own species evolved under the influence of group selection, as Darwin emphasized when he discussed the evolution of altruism.
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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.
