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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I'm greedy for work, and at times, I wish a month had more days, or the day had more number of hours, so that I could work more. I'm happy to be busy.
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After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.
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Bombay, which sold about 120,000 copies, is widely rated as my most successful work, though Roja is definitely the score that brought me where I am today.
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For each book, I do end up making a kind of playlist to fit the characters.
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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.
