Donald Johanson Quotes
It's very hard for all of us, when we've committed ourselves to a particular interpretation, to change our minds.
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There ought to be more grants that go to people in their late twenties and early thirties. That's a crucial age, although it's very hard to judge who is worth supporting and who is not. Looking back on my own life, I see that was the period when I was closest to giving up as a novelist and when I most needed some encouragement.
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I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.
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The media can allege corruption, but if I do the same against the media, I am gagging freedom of expression.
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I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary.
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Drama starts where logic ends.
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The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.
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Going to a concert is so overwhelming and the energy is amazing.
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Dancing was one of the hobbies my brother and I had when we were kids, and dance ended up being the one that stuck. I dropped everything else until that was what was left in the end.
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Everyone else in the 'iCarly' cast can operate on 5 hours of sleep, but not so for 'Old Man Nathan!'
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You can spend your money on art works and sit down and look at them. Or you can use your money to help people.
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My father used to be a fisherman, so it always makes me feel close to him when I am there on the water catching my dinner.
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Pace, like everything else in writing, involves a trade-off. If you're not offering the reader a lot of action to keep her interested, you must offer something else in its stead. Slow pace is ideal for complex character development, detailed description, and nuances of style.
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I don't judge people by their accent, or how they word things, or how grammatically correct their speech is. Some of the smartest men in the world couldn't spell. I judge a person by their character.
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In 1919, at the Paris Peace Conference, Japan had put forward a proposal to guarantee racial equality at the League of Nations, but Woodrow Wilson overturned it in the face of majority support.
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I try personally not to be nostalgic.
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Bolivia is not yet a country of equals.
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I know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology.
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The disenfranchised should be going to art school - not the franchised.
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You have to take the basics of feminism and the kind of outline of it and do what you do with it. You have to make things work for your own life.
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General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.
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I have strong sentiments toward Iran, since I distinguish between the Iranian regime and the Iranian people. I highly esteem Iranian music and culture.
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'Like I told you, I'm not a magician,' he says. 'If something isn't working, I don't try to guess.'
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Go Sir, gallop and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything but not time.
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It's very hard for all of us, when we've committed ourselves to a particular interpretation, to change our minds.
