B.S. Johnson Quotes
“Not how he died, not what he died of, even less why he died, are of concern, to me, only the fact that he did die, he is dead, is important: the loss to me, to us”
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My whole life, people have been saying, Why are you so angry?
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Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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I sometimes wonder how we're short of cod. There's gonna be a load deep down that are hiding. But it's a good reason to put the price up, and it means a load of people will have haddock. They should tell people they're running out of all sorts. Make 'em panic a bit.
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I just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem.
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I was a pop freak. I love music. Of course, I knew soul because I grew up in it. Writing it and everything. I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal. Therefore, I felt no boundaries.
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I would probably say that being a commissioner in sports is one of the hardest jobs in the world.
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We wanted to take as much time and effort making the video as we did the song.
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I have a fond place in my heart for Seattle, so I hope that an NBA team comes back to this great city, this great sports city.
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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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I've always wanted to be a singer.
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Why, der language down dar in de far South is jus' as different from ours in Maryland, as you can think. Dey laughed when dey heard me talk, an' I could not understand 'dem, no how.
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There are not enough going into production so that we can tout them. Look at 'Precious'... In order for them to stand out, they have to get made in the first place, and that's just not happening enough.
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In some ways, I feel like I've always dabbled in nostalgia. It's just what I do; it comes naturally.
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Está atado a ellos y no comprendes cómo, porque ellos no están atados a ti.
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I take Him shopping with me. I say, OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain.
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In 1912, when I was working in The Hague, I first saw a drawing by Louis Sullivan of one of his buildings. It interested me.
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The intention of each lesson is getting you to recognize what you're doing, kinesthetically. Once you're conscious of it, you then can choose whether to continue doing the same thing or not.
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I guess my mantra is you have to work really hard if you want something. You have to be committed to hard work and persistence even when it gets tough.
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Reason forbade me many things which, Instinctively, my nature was attracted to; And a perpetual loss I feel if, knowing, I believe a falsehood or deny the truth.
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Everyone knows rock n' roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact.
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You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.
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Few are the memories which are more than a handful of dust, to be let run through the fingers.
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“Not how he died, not what he died of, even less why he died, are of concern, to me, only the fact that he did die, he is dead, is important: the loss to me, to us”
