Johnny Mercer Quotes
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
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The rules of evidence in the main are based on experience, logic, and common sense, less hampered by history than some parts of the substantive law.
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I'm neither a millennial nor a hipster.
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I often reread books I have written.
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Nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.
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With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still young and can have the bright future they deserve.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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When I paint, some things come out, and I don't know. Maybe it's because I have such talent as a painter.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.
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I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
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I grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz. I grew up on the beach, now I live under the Hollywood sign.
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When I was younger, I felt it essential to see every movie ever made. Now I feel as though I've got to read every book, see every art show, watch every play and opera and concert and so on. It does not end, and of course there is truth in the old cliche that the more one knows, the more one realizes one knows nothing at all.
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The happiest and most contented people are those who each day perform to make the best of their abilities.
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I remember too, a distant bell...and stars that fell...like the rainout of the blue.
