Nicholas Johnson Quotes
Alabama now has become the only state with an income tax threshold below one-half of the poverty line. Every other state that taxed the incomes of the poor in the early 1990s has reduced or eliminated this tax burden. Alabama stands alone in its failure to act.
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People go to movies on Saturday to get away from the war in Iraq and taxes and election news and pedophiles online and just go and have some fun. I like doing movies that are fun.
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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Even though I've danced with actors, it wasn't the same with NTR.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during the big boom of 'Dawson's Creek.' I was getting cast as the boy next door, or the friend of the jock. I thought, 'Did I really have to do all that studying?'
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We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory.
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I must say that it's easy to write nice things about Chicago because it's that kind of town.
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Now we're here in 2009. My boys are 16 and 18, one's going to USC film school, and the other seems to be a natural comedian. So now I have to go back into show business as a senior comedian. So I hope to get Walter Brennan-type roles, Gabby Hayes kind of stuff, be the old-timer. We'll see what happens.
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It doesn't bother me because I can tell everyone to kiss off.
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When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
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On paper, it looks rough, but I had a great childhood.
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Rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.
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There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed.
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Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand;Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
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The art world as a whole, and museums in particular, belong to what has aptly been called the 'consciousness industry.'
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When we are reflecting on terrorism we can grieve for many things we do and have done.
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What, then is truth?... Truths are illusions about which one has forgotten that this is what they are.
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As long as I'm alive, I don't think Next Media will change.
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The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film.
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Come away; poverty's catching.
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Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.
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Alabama now has become the only state with an income tax threshold below one-half of the poverty line. Every other state that taxed the incomes of the poor in the early 1990s has reduced or eliminated this tax burden. Alabama stands alone in its failure to act.
