B.S. Johnson Quotes
“When Jenny left me, betrayed me for a cripple whom she imagined to need her more, my mother said never mind, perhaps he would die and then I could have her back again.”
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I was in a Nativity play as a kid. Back then, I played the donkey.
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I'm not coming back to play.
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I don't really take a step back too often to see what's going on.
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I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I've disappointed.
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It would be incredible to work with Stanley Kubrick and go back in time.
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I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left.
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I think we can leave mullets back in the '80s. I'm really not a big fan of them.
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I tend not to look back. It's confusing.
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All that we are not stares back at what we are.
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My body will never go back to what it was, and I wouldn't expect it to after three babies.
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Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
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He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
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One thing is certain: We can't go back. The musical will never be the same as it was.
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Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.
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The Rock will always come back to us.
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Back in 1968, when I was 30, my entire life blew up. I had a life plan, and it collapsed for no rational reason.
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I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.
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Back in the 1960s, the number of deaths each year from unintentional poisoning was 15 times greater than it is today.
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To be betrayed by those he trusted seems to have ignited a spark of vengeance in Temujin, a desire for power that never left him. His childhood experiences created the man he would become, who would not bend or allow fear or weakness in any form. He cared nothing for possessions or wealth, only that his enemies fall.
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When I slept, armies of footnotes marched across my dreams in close-order drill.
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It became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.
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Everyone gets a raise when they do well. No one asked me what I got for my initial films. There was a time I got paid Rs. 6 lakh. I charge what producers are willing to pay me.
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“When Jenny left me, betrayed me for a cripple whom she imagined to need her more, my mother said never mind, perhaps he would die and then I could have her back again.”
