James Weldon Johnson Quotes
My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest.
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I suppose Spotify is a good thing. The ads are quite annoying, but a lot of people seem to like it and use it. I don't myself, but it seems like a good idea, and the labels are getting a huge amount of money off it, but the artists aren't, so that must be good for them... but not us.
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When you have that connection to say, 'I'm going to play for something bigger than myself,' man, you have a chance to do something good.
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I'm not good with catty girls. I'm too laid-back.
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If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.
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A society of 'children first' is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.
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I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.
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When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
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My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.
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The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot.
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There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
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I was a very, very good congressman.
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I've done a pretty good job of hitting 18-34-year-old males, and not such a good job of reaching kids. Disney has done a great job of reaching kids, but maybe not the 18-34-year-olds. I figure I can learn a lot from Disney, and maybe, I don't know, they can learn a lot from me.
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Tales of cheating on school and college tests are rife. There have been instances where teachers have given students test answers in order to make themselves look good on their performance reviews. Mentors who should be teaching the opposite are sending a message that lying and cheating are acceptable.
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He who stops being better stops being good.
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When you are starting to run an online business, you need to narrow down a niche market and be able to stick with it until you have a good profit coming in. This can take a while, so you need to have a great deal of patience to make sure that your business is moving in the right direction.
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Be comfortable. I think if you're comfortable, you exude confidence, and that leads to good style.
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Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.
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Attributing to anything or anyone more good than God has attributed to them is not a positive move, nor does it mean that you have done them any good. A single grain of truth is preferable to a bumper harvest of false imaginings.
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Nothing beats the original Krispy Kreme.
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I wasn't sure what it would take to make it in the theater, but despite the struggle, that was all I ever really wanted.
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I didn't go to L.A. because I wanted to move to California. I went to L.A. to work as an actor.
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Our Prophet was a radical too- he fought against the injustices of his community and challenged the feudal order of his society, so they called him a radical. So what? We should be proud of that!
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If I see an orchid that's fantastically expensive, I'll buy it. It's worth it, for no other reason than it gives me pleasure.
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My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest.
