Phillip E. Johnson Quotes
All the most prominent Darwinists proclaim naturalistic philosophy when they think it safe to do so.
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Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.
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I've always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn't.
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If you're driving, and a cop is behind you, you automatically think they're going to pull you over, but cops have so much more going on than to think about pulling you over. The last thing a real cop wants to do is write a ticket. That's the truth.
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It used to be that when an actress reached thirty, she was considered almost washed up.
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If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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My kids have played sports all their life, and one thing I've tried to teach them when you lose, you try to be a gentleman about it.
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I remember once giving my dad some drawings and writings and said, 'If you could just give these to the publisher, that would be great.' And I was about five!
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The success that Americans are said to worship is success of a specific sort: accomplished not through hard work, primarily, but through the ingenious angle, the big break. Sit down at a lunch counter, stand back up a star. Invest in a new issue and watch it soar. Split a single atom, win a war.
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As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer.
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Bitcoin will make a dent in society when more normal transactions occur that would have occurred with dollars or credit card.
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I feel like a feminist is gender equality.
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Once you accept that we're all imperfect, it's the most liberating thing in the world. Then you can go around making mistakes and saying the wrong thing and tripping over on the street and all that and not feel worried.
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Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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I strongly believe that for serious and violent criminals, we must absolutely hold them accountable for their crimes and send them to prison.
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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.
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The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.
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There are a zillion variables to a hamburger. What part of the animal went into it. What coarseness. What temperature.
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Particle physicists may freeze a second, open it up, and explore its dappled contents like surgeons pawing through an abdomen, but in real life, when events occur within thousandths of a second, our minds cannot distinguish past from future.
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Always know I have something up my sleeve.
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[Moralistic] novels are at the same disadvantage as teachers: children never believe them, because they make everything that happens relate to the lesson at hand.
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I thought acting was all about natural instinct but I've realised, through working with so many talented actors on 'Wild Swans' and 'Run,' that I can see the training. That's why I am back at drama school.
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I don't have anything to prove ever, ever in my life. If I have something to prove, what does that mean for everyone else? And I think everyone should have that attitude. You just have to prove to yourself that you can go out there and be the best that you can be and not prove anything to anyone.
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It's hard to think about all the bad when she reminds me of all that's good.
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All the most prominent Darwinists proclaim naturalistic philosophy when they think it safe to do so.
