Donald Johanson Quotes
Regardless of what we look like on the outside, genetically, on the inside, everyone is an African.
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I learn something in the interviews from time to time.
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Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
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I like a sort of androgynous look, but I also love feminine shapes.
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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
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It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
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I began with small roles in successful movies like 'No Country For Old Men' by the Coen brothers; but it was 'The Last Exorcism' that changed my life: with what I earned, I left Texas and moved to Los Angeles.
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I won't go to England because they won't let my dog in.
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I don't like Communism because it hands out wealth through rationing books.
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But the business side of it, as with most creative things, there is no room for business. It is about art. It's not about marketing.
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If you've driven over to the gay section of Los Angeles, it's like a golf course... Real estate values go 'boom!'
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I know it's bad to generalize, but when you think about billionaires, you just think this guy is going to walk into a room and just demand things to be a certain way.
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Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.
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That's one thing you hear in my voice today. I could yodel from one octave to another octave. It always fascinated me.
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As an actor you're used to being the focus of attention.
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I don't feel political most of the time. Sometimes I'm placed in positions because no one else will go there.
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I've found the world's most versatile word - 'cheeky.' The amount of ways you guys can use the word 'cheeky' is quite impressive.
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Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.
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People didn't know where they could trade. When everybody owes each other IOUs that can be in multiple places at once, that's how the system couldn't tell any more who owned what and who owed what to whom. Blockchain could have prevented 2008.
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Our expertise is preparing foods in tough environments. We have a kitchen where we grill and roast and make smelly stuff happen, and then bring it to the site and warm it in a way that makes it taste just-cooked.
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Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men.
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Anyone who is speaking of a greater compassion, a greater humanitarian concern, is a leader paving the path we all need to follow.
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Like the Negro League players, I traveled through the segregated south as a young man. Because I was black, I was denied service at many restaurants and could only drink from water fountains marked 'Colored.' When I went to the movies, I would have to sit in the Colored balcony.
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The tragedy is that society (your school, your boss, your government, your family) keeps drumming the genius part out. The problem is that our culture has engaged in a Faustian bargain, in which we trade our genius and artistry for apparent stability.
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Regardless of what we look like on the outside, genetically, on the inside, everyone is an African.
