J. J. Johnson Quotes
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
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If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the people, and playing music to entertain them and share different messages, then sure, I'd like to think that I'm part folk singer.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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I'm the most optimistic guy about VR out there. I have crazy visions of what we'll be doing in the future.
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The biggest part of Loopt is about discovering the world around you, never replacing a social experience - only adding to it.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.
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There are so many women who contributed in a very real way in pushing for the space program during the time in which there was a lot of competition to get into space first, and to know that there were African-American women who were integral in that success is pretty phenomenal.
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If I think back on the books to which I have devoted my entire life, I am most surprised by those moments when I have felt as if the sentences, dreams, and pages that have made me so ecstatically happy have not come from my own imagination - that another power has found them and generously presented them to me.
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I do believe that all of the world needs reform. The reform must take place everywhere.
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I know some writers can write on the road, but I'm not one of them.
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This is all dog feces, all over the floor. The farther you go back in the house, the worse it gets.
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There were nine children in my father's family and eight in my mother's. My grandparents did the best with what they had. After the Depression, they were scratching out a living and working hard. They kept the family going.
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The Internet is part of our evolution. The mystics used to say, 'We can travel across the planet in a thought.' Now we really can. We can be connected with a million people at a time.
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There will never come a time when you don't have to practice...
