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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Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.
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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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Any item of clothing that covers the face and makes it impossible to identify individuals is open to abuse.
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Every year there's five cop shows, five medical shows and five 'Law & Orders,' but when it's a show about women, they want to pit everyone against each other. I don't think they'd do that if it was a guy show. I think there's room for all of us.
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My way hither was the way of destiny; for I am he of whose genius you are the symbol: part brute, part woman, and part God - nothing of man in me at all. Have I read your riddle, Sphinx?
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I can remember being fascinated by what people really thought about each other and what they were really doing to each other behind people's backs.
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Forgiveness is the nature of my art in general. It's expressing love and compassion, the kinds of things that don't make sense in any other context other than emotive expression.
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I remember too, a distant bell...and stars that fell...like the rainout of the blue.
