Van Johnson Quotes
Keep the calls coming, ... You might be saving your own home, your own car, your own property tomorrow if you do it for your neighbor today.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats.
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Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.
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You must prune dead or dying wood.
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I am an Indian to the core.
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Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned.
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Once, in Australia, I ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes, and I only did it because they said a girl could never enter the competition.
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I play guitar and sing when I'm not busy with school and acting.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I've eaten ice cream from all over the world, but until you've tasted Graham's from Geneva, Illinois, you haven't had ice cream at all.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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I feel like if I'm sick, I need flowers. I'm very open about saying what I need from a partner, and he needs to meet those demands.
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I just want to try writing for other people 'cause it's quite exciting.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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In order to do a musical now, a style must be developed that works for today's audience.
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If I take two years off, I would want to fight as much as possible.
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Like the rest of the city, LAX is coming of age.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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... the core of sin is a lack of self-esteem. ... Sin is psychological self-abuse. ... the most serious sin is one that causes me to say, 'I am unworthy. I may have no claim to divine sonship if you examine me at my worst.' For once a person believes he is an 'unworthy sinner,' it is doubtful if he can really honestly accept the saving grace God offers in Jesus Christ.
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It's funny because I've resisted acting as a career for most of my life. But both my parents told me if I ever want to direct, I should act first because no director should direct until they know what it's like to be in the actor's shoes.
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Promotions are the worst part of making a movie. We are actors and not salesmen. Still, you have to go to so many places to try and sell the movie.
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I love South By because people are more relaxed here, and people are a little more off guard. They say things and react more freely than Sundance or Cannes. I love the feel of this festival.
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If you never concede a goal, you're going to win more games than you lose.
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Keep the calls coming, ... You might be saving your own home, your own car, your own property tomorrow if you do it for your neighbor today.
