Beverly Johnson Quotes
I was supposedly living this glamorous life, but I was crippled by the idea of growing old and where do I go next? The whole age thing—in our industry, it's everything.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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I was so proud when I was commissioned into the Army.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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There needs to be a place in the church or just outside - there needs to be a place where people feel free to ask questions without being put upon, where they feel free to ask difficult, challenging questions to voice their skepticism.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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Within Internet users, you have a big chunk of people who can convert to online shopping.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future and in being willed it is thought.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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Good fiction reveals feeling, refines events, locates importance and, though its methods are as mysterious as they are varied, intensifies the experience of living our own lives.
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The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.
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I secretly wanted to act. I also wanted be a toy designer and make puppets.
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
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I just work hard and do things as they come along. But it has been a challenge to learn that I have to say 'no' to things and to know how and what to prioritize.
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I think it's very hard in this day and age to raise little girls with morals, ethics and values, and them knowing that they are precious creations and that they are important.
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Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path.
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You look around the world in 2013, and you say, 'How many prime ministers or presidents are in prison?' One or two. 'How many generals or bankers?' Two or three. 'But how many writers?' 850 or so.
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Skating for me is, like, I get so much satisfaction from doing something that I get stoked on.
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I was supposedly living this glamorous life, but I was crippled by the idea of growing old and where do I go next? The whole age thing—in our industry, it's everything.
