Eyvind Johnson Quotes
A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story.
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Disciples of Keynes, who focus on aggregate demand, view any increase in household wealth as raising employment because they say it adds to consumer demand.
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We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
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I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.
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We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!
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Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the middle of the road. In the summer, the streetlamps attracted swirling bugs. I loved those bugs: crickets, praying mantis, all kinds of beetles. I also have a vivid memory of dazzling sunlight coming out of the sky.
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I'm into menswear slacks that are comfortable.
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I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.
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I've always had an addictive nature.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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I grew up eating Cuban food all the time.
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I don't know if anybody wants to mix their politics with their entertainment.
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In Edna, I created a satiric portrait of my hometown of Melbourne, a large provincial English city paradoxically in far Southeast Asia. She's a theatrical figure, related to vaudeville in some respects. She inhabits a world in which there are comparatively few female exponents of comedy.
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I like most of the Humphrey Bogart movies because they had to act then, and they acted very well. Edward G. Robinson is probably the best actor I've ever seen on the movies.
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When I heard 'Jesus, Take the Wheel,' I was like, OK. Some people look at it as a song written for an American Idol, Carrie Underwood, who is wonderful. But when you're a songwriter listening to a song, you hear something else. I heard that song, and wow.
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A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O.
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In late 2003, the Bush administration reversed a long-standing policy requiring agents to destroy their files on innocent American citizens, companies and residents when investigations closed.
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They love putting me in the 'indie queen' box. I had some high standards in my 20s that I don't have anymore.
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As we were all growing up, there used to be a very big mantra in India which was called 'export or perish.' There was a long period when we used to focus on import substitution.
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My hope is that 'The New World Haggadah' will open a new world for readers who will see our heritage through a multilingual prism. I wanted to feature medieval and renaissance authors, resistance in World War II, crypto-Jews and activists during the Dirty War in Latin America, songs of protest, and songs of hope.
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I've always thought it was easier for girls to sing harmonies because their voices can go to that higher plane so much more easy than a male voice.
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I believe that working with good people matters because then the work environment is good. If there is a sense of respect and belief among the people you work with, that is when good work is done.
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There are travelers who fear to own delicate hands more than to meet a lion, and soldiers who would rather lose a limb than gain a beautiful nose by artificial methods.
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A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story.
