Demetrious Johnson Quotes
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I always watch the work I do.
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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
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There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.
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I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.
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I'm involved in music and fashion a lot more than I used to be, so my style has definitely changed - for the better, of course. It's given me greater insight into what colours work, what looks good on camera, and what I feel comfortable in.
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Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.
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People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict.
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In the 1970s and 1980s, I got to do some great work. The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work.
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For fiction, I'm not particularly nationalistic. I'm not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work.
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I like elegance. I like art nouveau; a stretched line or curve. These things are very much in the foreground of my work.
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The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
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Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level.
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Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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I cannot imagine a more enjoyable place to work than in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology where I work.
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I feel like I've made good friends with people I've worked with, but in terms of lasting inspiration, it is probably Matthew Vaughn who directed 'Kingsman' who's been really supportive, loyal to me, and been a really good person to work with.
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It is very difficult to work in another language, and it is also very challenging.
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
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I motivate what I see in young people because we employ about forty thousand young people in our various Chick-fil-A units. Some of them come to work because they need to work; others just work because they just like to work. There's nothing wrong with that.
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I think that with podcasts, a lot of things are about fostering and having a direct connection with the community.
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As a complete product of Issaquah public schools, there is absolutely no way I would be here if I didn't have well-funded arts programs and some great teachers who were constantly pushing me intellectually and personally.
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I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.
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I work way too hard in the gym to woo the judges and just skate by.
