Demetrious Johnson Quotes
I know why the UFC runs the business the way they do. I know why Conor McGregor makes a base pay of $3 million. But I think I justify my pay with my skill set, and I've always been willing to promote my brand.Demetrious Johnson
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When you're in your early 20s your love life seems to explode every 20 minutes or so. By the time you've reached your thirties, it is every five or ten years.
Patrick Marber -
When the Taiwan Relations Act passed in 1979, our biggest concern was preventing the use of military force against Taiwan. Little did we know that our friends on Taiwan could so effectively use the space created by our friendship to revolutionize their political system.
Sam Brownback -
I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
Zaha Hadid -
I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.
Candace Bushnell -
I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.
Rand Paul -
I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
Yuna
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No one escapes from the past without bearing some of its burdens.
Edmund Morgan -
Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
I do everything in a straightforward manner.
Harmon Killebrew -
The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
Wayne Rooney -
Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
Katee Sackhoff -
I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
W. G. Sebald
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I'm very happy with the choices I've been making and the people I've been working with. I hope I can continue along this path.
Haley Bennett -
I believe that every person, male and female, needs to be in a protective mode at all times of alertness to potential danger. The world is full of potential attacks, potential disasters.
Camille Paglia -
Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club -
With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.
Sam Simon -
Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema.
Ira Sachs
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Somebody writing a subroutine is unbelievable boring.
Alec Berg -
Baz Luhrmann is a very visual director. He needs to see things as they would unfold in his world.
Elizabeth Debicki -
Admiration takes on a whole new level when you appreciate just how complex it is to run a modern business.
Ursula Burns -
All my books are very spiritual. I started out writing what was most natural to me, many years ago, which is religious, because I grew up in the jungle, the son of missionaries. I want to know, is God real? What's a priest's role?
Ted Dekker -
The bit that I've always loved about modeling is show season: the hype, the chaos, the calm just before you walk out. It's your moment - especially when there's no one before you.
Adwoa Aboah -
I know why the UFC runs the business the way they do. I know why Conor McGregor makes a base pay of $3 million. But I think I justify my pay with my skill set, and I've always been willing to promote my brand.
Demetrious Johnson