John H. Johnson Quotes
It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.John H. Johnson
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These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.
Major Taylor -
It has not been easy to wake up every single day at 6:30 in the morning to then head to the gym and start a full day of work. But you have to have that kind of dedication if you want to achieve the goals you have set for yourself.
Pablo Sandoval -
I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
Nanci Griffith -
The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
Iain McGilchrist -
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Oscar Wilde -
You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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We must keep both our femininity and our strength.
Indra Devi -
Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
Sam Raimi -
Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
Walt Disney -
We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.
Valerie Harper -
A bad system will beat a good person every time.
W. Edwards Deming -
In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.
Gael Garcia Bernal
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It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.
Dale Dauten -
Governments enjoying surpluses have a very strong temptation to splash money around, and while tax cuts are always appealing, cutting taxes at the top of a boom runs the real risk of creating a structural deficit when the boom subsides.
Malcolm Turnbull -
I'm rediscovering Scotland; I'm falling in love with it again.
Sam Heughan -
I like to travel by myself.
Carly Rae Jepsen -
R. Kelly is an image, a brand. That's my job. There's a whole other side of me that's Robert, who is a father, a friend. But then I put on the game face and go into the studio and do the music. That's just another day at the office.
R. Kelly -
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
Hans Hofmann
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I feel close to people like Jimi Hendrix because I connect with his music. Not the man but what he did.
Henry Rollins Black Flag -
One of the more challenging things in life is not being the guy who does the cheating, but not saying anything about it and going along with it.
Dale Murphy -
Some people just seem like they are up to no good. Like, in high school, I was a good student and got straight As. It was very strict, and you couldn't do well there unless you studied very hard, but every time there was any trouble, I was the first person they would be talking to.
Elizabeth Wurtzel -
I'm trying to find out NOT how Nature could be, but how Nature IS.
Richard Feynman -
Normally, I'd believe that the saying 'There's no small parts, only small actors' is a load of crock because, more often than not, actors relegated to the small-part category stay in 'Who was that guy from that thing' purgatory - however, '90s sitcom 'Friends' proved that the saying is true.
Phoebe Robinson -
It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.
John H. Johnson