Rachel Johnson Quotes
With so many forty- and fifty something mums and dads in Converse stalking the streets, I can see why there's a slew of books about the menopause and middle age, the most recent addition being David Bainbridge's plucky, glass-half-full meditation or, as he calls it, 'natural history.'
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself.
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I think the Catholic faith is consistent with the kind of conservatism I believe in.
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Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thing was I developed no special skills. I don't have any resentment because I am a performer and I've always felt that, but it did take its toll socially.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.
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The bad reviews get to me, believe me.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio.
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I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.
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My daughter's still so tiny at the moment; she's just a sweet little meaty thing. But of course, you always think about what you want for them, don't you, and like any parent I want my children to be happy more than anything.
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I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.
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I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epitome of hard work and optimism.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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One hates to be absolute, but in my view, there is no such thing as humane meat.
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I had saved a lot of money working at Mrs. Fields' Chocolate Chip Cookies, ushering at the Golden Gate Theatre, and doing odd jobs so I could live in New York for a few months. If it ran out, I would have to give up and go home. It turned out OK. I got my Equity card and started working.
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I know about raising money.
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I don't look my age, I don't feel my age and I don't act my age. To me age is just a number.
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Did you come of age in those sweet summers of the early nineteen-sixties, when the airwaves were full of rock and roll's doo-wop promise of joy and the nation was full of J.F.K.'s eloquent promise of a New Frontier? I did. Life seemed to be laid out before us like a banquet; everything was for the taking, especially hearts.
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Professor, why couldn't we just Apparate directly into your old colleague's house?' 'Because it would be quite as rude as kicking down the front door,' said Dumbledore. 'Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.
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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.
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With so many forty- and fifty something mums and dads in Converse stalking the streets, I can see why there's a slew of books about the menopause and middle age, the most recent addition being David Bainbridge's plucky, glass-half-full meditation or, as he calls it, 'natural history.'
