James Weldon Johnson Quotes

I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely.

James Weldon Johnson

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• Our focus is on helping people develop the skills to find and keep a job. Instead of focusing on a war against poverty, we will focus on fighting for the poor among us by offering them hope and opportunity.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • People
  • Job
  • War

• What Washington needs is adult supervision.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Needs
  • Washington
  • Adult

• The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.

  

  Gavin Rossdale Bush
  • Myself
  • Understand
  • Talk

• When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?

  

  Park Shin-hye
  • Marriage
  • Thought
  • Year

• I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.

  

  Fernando Botero
  • Painting
  • New York
  • Paris

• From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for making money or for publishers wanting to gain a fortune.

  

  Ferdinand Lassalle
  • Money
  • Moment
  • Talent

• I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'

  

  Candace Bushnell
  • Writing
  • You
  • Working

• Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.

  

  Rachel Johnson
  • Heart
  • Doubt
  • Paris

• If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'

  

  Vince Vaughn
  • Woman
  • Sex
  • Thanks

• I can remember as a young lieutenant being sent into the DMZ in the divided Vietnam, from North Vietnam.

  

  Oliver North
  • Remember
  • Young
  • Divided

• I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.

  

  Laila Ali
  • Stop
  • Athlete
  • Gym

• Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Girl
  • You
  • Waiting

• When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.

  

  Larry Mullen, Jr. U2
  • Music
  • Business
  • Deep

• I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light.

  

  Galen Rowell
  • Work
  • Real
  • Done

• You know rule one for the vice president is make sure you never upstage the president, right? It's rule one.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • You
  • Know
  • Never

• Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.

  

  Kate Bosworth
  • Want
  • Feel
  • Run

• The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Good
  • Emotional
  • Enough

• Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.

  

  Kailash Satyarthi
  • Time
  • God
  • Free

• I grew up in the countryside riding horses, and I also ride every holiday in Spain, which is where I was born. It's a big part of my life.

  

  Astrid Berges-Frisbey
  • Life
  • Up
  • Holiday

• I've had to live with women all my life. I grew up with four older sisters, and I was the baby and the only boy.

  

  Alan Jackson
  • Life
  • Up
  • Live

• The separation of families to me is very close to my heart because we lived that as immigrants. I strongly feel that we all connected, and having felt people's love and support first-hand through difficult moments in my life, makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another. I am privileged to help in some way, and I will always take that opportunity.

  

  Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
  • People
  • Life
  • Heart

• It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Good
  • Journey
  • End

• Everyone checks out my mom. My mom's hot.

  

  Ashley Scott
  • Mom

• I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely.

  

  James Weldon Johnson
  • Life
  • Paris