Paul Johnson (Paul Bede Johnson) Quotes
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In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is.
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All reactionaries are paper tigers.
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I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.
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You know, we don't have any decorative sprigs of rosemary; we're not placing little matchstick radishes onto an hors d'oeuvre... The food's gotta taste good. The concept's gotta taste good.
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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
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If your budget is in good shape and you are not indebted too much, you can do what the U.S. did at the beginning of the '30s - building railways, etc., but when you don't have that, you must be far more cautious.
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I think it's funny when people, they try to imitate the 'Chandelier' video. I think it's hilarious.
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The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.
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Polonium is, frankly, pretty useless, and no country in the world except Russia bothered to refine it by the late 2000s.
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What we call a poem is mostly what is not there on the page. The strength of any poem is the poems that it has managed to exclude.
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Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun.
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This medal goes to show that you don't always have to have the best facilities, the best organisation, the best of everything to achieve.
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Russia has always had a global history. Global history is a bummer. You suffer invasions of all different kinds. And Russia was not defended against them.
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You don't only worry about the people who hate or resent you; in a way, you're more worried about the people who love you.
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The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of the religious worshiper or the lover; the daily effort comes from no deliberate intention or program, but straight from the heart.
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Im always taken aback by things that are successful that I think are just crap, and then Im completely surprised when things I do end up being successful because you walk into things and you never know Its just really remarkable.
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It is a sign of maturity... to find explanations in charity.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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Love bears it out even to the edge of doom.
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I suppose the things you remember about someone who has died are the funny moments. Those are the ones that stand out.
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Starvation, and not sin, is the parent of modern crime.
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The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family.
