James Weldon Johnson Quotes

It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree.

James Weldon Johnson

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• Food doesn't necessarily have to suck in order to be healthy. It doesn't have to be terrible to be healthy anymore.

  

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• I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.

  

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• I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.

  

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• There are people that bring artists to me to look at it, and it's a question of whether I like their music and their look and if I think there's something they have that makes them different and commercial.

  

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• You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.

  

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• I spent years commuting into London when I was working as a temp, and I hated the monotony of it.

  

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• Growing up with my dad, whenever I wanted to try something, he would let me try it but he wouldn't let me give up on it. If soccer was too tough and I said, 'I'm going to quit,' he'd be like, 'No, you're going to try everything and keep going at it.'

  

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• There's very few dork movies made by dorks.

  

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• I thought martial arts was going to help me with my movies and TV stuff, but I realized it would not.

  

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• It's a society of knowledge and experience. You have better experience and knowledge when you are 60, 65 and 70.

  

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• It would be a great adventure for Leicester to be in the Champions League.

  

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• Upon this the Hungarian ministers resigned, but the names submitted by the president of the council, at the demand of the king, were not approved of for successors.

  

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• I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show.

  

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• Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.

  

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• I always learn something from every actor I've ever worked with. I always pick something from them.

  

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• I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.

  

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• I am one who believes that the market, properly incentivized, can consistently outperform government regulation on achieving objectives.

  

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• I used to feel guilty about owning a console.

  

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• A Heroick Poem, truly such, is undoubtedly the greatest Work which the Soul of Man is capable to perform.

  

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• I promise this, that if I am supported by our most invincible sovereigns with a little of their help, as much gold can be supplied as they will need, indeed as much of spices, of cotton, of mastic gum (which is only found in Chios), also as much of aloes wood, and as many slaves for the navy, as their Majesties will wish to demand.

  

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• I don't use e-mail or u-mail or whatever it's called.

  

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• It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree.

  

  James Weldon Johnson
  • Black
  • Present
  • Struggle