Philip Johnson Quotes
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Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.
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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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I don't speak Spanish, I speak a little of Italian but no Spanish.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands.
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I still have my school friends who are actually friends. It's nice that they don't think much about my singing career. They think it is cool, and they are happy for me, but they don't really bother me about it. To them, I'm still just the schoolgirl from next door.
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The only reality show that I do tune in for is 'Shark Tank.'
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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I'm brilliant at cooking my stepmother's scrambled egg recipe. The secret is to put eggs, butter, milk, and seasoning together in the saucepan, and to keep stirring with a wooden spoon under a low heat until the preferred consistency is reached.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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A good leader must be fair.
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I feel like I just have such the blood and bones of a New Yorker that I can almost imagine better, like, giving up the fight and not being able to afford the city and going out West, keeping a small place here, and then when I'm like 80, coming back here, living on the park and going to the theater.
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It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor.
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We're not looking at banning all weapons.
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Is it the right thing to burn Qurans? Legally? Can pastor burn Quran tomorrow? People accept legally it is right. But is it the right thing to do? No.
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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
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If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
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I should like very much to go to America. I have heard so much of the great industrial and economic development of that great land, and I wish to see things for myself.
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It was hard for me to hear anyone saying they didn't like 'Billy Madison.'
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I often say flippantly that the short story is... shorter; you can be done with it more easily. It's much less of a commitment of time and energy than a big project like a novel or long nonfiction book.
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Not only did I come out as a reality star that was very boisterous and vivacious and outspoken and all those things. I flipped that into money and respect. And a lot of people can't do that.
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There is such a thing as a national conscience, and it can be touched.
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I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?
