Johnny Kelly Quotes
I don't like the idea that the government has so much of a say in things.
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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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How well you eat and rest helps you analyse your energy reserves.
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I like to release music the way I feel it, as opposed to having a date. The idea of dates, boxes, categories are very scary for me.
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Making $30,000 on my first business deal was exciting, but not as exciting as the sudden knowledge that I did not have to work for anyone again.
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Orson Welles was lazy. He was a late bloomer.
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When you write and direct your own film, you basically know exactly what you want. Or you hope to. For the studio, it actually can make life a little easier, because if you have a bunch of questions, they only need to call one person.
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He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.
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I was a big music fan, but I never bought a bunch of records or was very educated, I guess, on who was who or what was what.
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Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.
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In New York, we tip everyone. We tip doormen, we tip cab drivers, and we tip bartenders at the bar. You'll get quite an evil eye if you don't leave a tip at the bar.
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We take men's obligation to earn money, and when they do it well, we blame them for having power and being oppressors. And when they don't do it all, women just don't marry men who are reading 'I'm Okay, You're Okay' in the unemployment line.
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My fiancee's brother-in-law was recently paralysed in an accident and it really brought home the fact that thousands of young people live with spinal injuries. It's an issue I wish had more coverage.
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Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax.
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Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony.
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The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.
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I like to provoke. I'm very French.
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Everybody is always going to have haters. It comes with the job. You have to have a tough skin and not let it affect you.
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One of the things government should be around for is to deal with catastrophes. It should do that well. To me, that's a government function, and we shouldn't be playing political games with it.
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I think, for some artists, the fear of taking on a political identity stems from not wanting to be pigeonholed as political actor or a political musician. It becomes this thing where somehow your art can no longer exist on its own and be multifaceted.
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Muhammad Ali was hated, and then he was loved at the very end. Floyd Mayweather was hated, and a lot of people are really coming around on him. So, I'm just trying to stay positive and try not to offend too many people along the way and hope for the best end result.
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In my view, the best gift is one that benefits both the receiver and the planet.
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Great literature rattles the mind and makes the body sing. It's an unmistakable, electric feeling, and too rare. That is what I want.
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I don't like the idea that the government has so much of a say in things.
