Paul Johnson (Paul Bede Johnson) Quotes
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I'm very proud of my love for Whitney Houston. She really changed my life. She made my life a better life. She was so beautiful in her love for God, her love for her family and her love for music. She truly loved her music. She could do everything! She had flawless rhythm, flawless pitch, flawless feeling, and flawless beauty.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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When the Bible was first published, bathhouses were mandatory, no one could read, and only the people in the Church could write.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.
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I'm not really a food connoisseur.
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A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.
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He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
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Review your work. You will find, if you are honest, that 90% of the trouble is traceable to loafing.
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My father was an air officer in the Second World War. My brother was a marine in Vietnam. When I was given this opportunity, I leapt at the chance because I thought it would be a hell of a lot more interesting than what my friends were doing.
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Don't be surprised at Fortune's turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before.
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As obvious as it sounds, I strongly recommend shopping at a specialty bike store. They are the experts, and they will be able to help you decide which bike is best for you.
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I've always been interested in technology, but specifically how we can use machines to engage the imagination. I started using computers when I was young and was fascinated by creating rules and instructions that allow a computer to engage in a dialogue with humans. The stories found in the data all around us can do just that.
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Militat omnis amans
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The bird stabs the worm, the big cat breaks the bird’s neck, the man casts his spear into the heart of the cat. That is how the world is. Even the man had better look behind him; the wolf may be near, or another man, or fate, the hungriest hunter of them all.
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Diplomacy, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
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I will not concede for a moment that old privileges should not dwindle. They cannot dwindle fast enough.
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When you first arrive in India, you think, 'God, these Indians treat their servants so badly! How awful!' It's something in the air, and something about the way people are, that very few people hold out. I wasn't able to. Everybody goes local. You stop saying 'thank you' and things like that.
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We can't exempt ourselves from the same moral calculus that we are willing to apply to others.
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I can safely say, that the happiest part of my life has been spent on board a ship.
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Pool swimmers are very slim, and they're stronger. Marathon swimmers have to train an awful lot, and they end up losing a bit of muscle mass. So we need to have a bit more fat, though that's not the case with me. Many swimmers have a little bit of extra fat though, so that they can deal with the cold and get through what is an exhausting event.
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The exchange by e-mail is more intimate than conversation - you allow yourself to say things you otherwise wouldn't.
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While the liberal media elite depict the bowler as a chubby guy with a comb-over and polyester pants, the reality is that bowling is one of the most tech-heavy sports today. Robotic pinsetters and computerized scoring were just the beginning.
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Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.
