Demetrious Johnson Quotes
I don't need to tell any one of you guys that I can do what I can do. I'll just show it to you guys, and if you want a little sneak peak, come watch me work out. That's how I do my thing.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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If you're in a film that you're proud of and you care about, then you're always happy to talk about it.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them.
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The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
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Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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The most challenging thing is people do see me as a tennis player, but I've had a lot of opportunities because I am a tennis player. And I don't mind that.
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Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.
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All I knew about Ethiopia was from a few records that I like, as well as what I read about the famine. But you get there and it's another world. It's filled with art and music and poetry and intellectuals and writers - all kinds of people.
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Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving.
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Everybody has their idiosyncrasies.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.
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I don't need to tell any one of you guys that I can do what I can do. I'll just show it to you guys, and if you want a little sneak peak, come watch me work out. That's how I do my thing.
