Mike Johanns Quotes
Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top.
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I was born and brought up in the countryside. I used to live in a sort of converted stables on the grounds of a castle, and I spent a lot of my childhood running around with a pretend sword pretending to be Robert the Bruce.
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It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.
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I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at when I am holding her hand.
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I know things aren't perfect for women in the U.K. and in America, but there are women in the rest of the world who have it far worse.
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First, to begin with, Mexico is North American; the one that is using wrong the term is United States. United States is not North America. North America is Mexico, United States, and Canada.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice on war, and don't ask a broker for advice on money.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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Where can I get some tat? I'd like to trade it in.
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I am a feminist - I just think the label reflects my beliefs - but, you know, we say 'Rookie' is a website for teenage girls, not a feminist website for teenage girls. That's not because I'm not proud to call myself a feminist, but when you're calling attention to a project, you can very easily be pigeonholed by choosing certain identifiers.
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If the people in Britain knew the nature and disposition of the New England people as well as we do they would not find so many friends in England as I suppose they do.
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In a world where people are hungry for quick fixes and sound bites, for instant gratification, there's no patience for the long, slow rebuilding process: implementing after-school programs, hiring more community workers to act as mentors, adding more job training programs in marginalized areas.
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Young love is wild and outrageous, laughing at moderation and blinding us to common sense.
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'Tis pleasure, sure, to see one's name in print;A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
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Poor families are living above their means, in apartments they cannot afford. The thing is, those apartments are already at the bottom of the market.
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Soul is a colourless thing. I don't think you have to be a black person to be automatically soulful. I respect Justin Bieber and Justin Timberlake; they do what they do. For me, my philosophy has always been 'contribution before competition.'
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There's something that happens with the collection of a large amount of data when it's dumped into an Excel spreadsheet or put into a pie chart. You run the risk of completely missing what it's about.
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My wife Cecily Adams was dying of cancer, my daughter Madeline was struggling to overcome an autism diagnosis, and my father was dying, all at the same time. Writing the journal was a cathartic experience, and an extremely positive one.
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Belief fuels passion, and passion rarely fails.
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Remember the people you address are selfish, as we all are. They care nothing about your interests or profit. They seek service for themselves.
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Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose.
