Mike Johanns Quotes
Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose.
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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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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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'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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There are so many roads you can take that will lead you the wrong way, that nobody will hear your name.
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I realized my calling was to use the arts and ministry to help young people.
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I live in Paris, yet Monaco, where I spend a lot of time, holds a very special place in my heart.
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The fingers feel the lines, they prod the space - your ageing face,The face that was once so beautiful, is still there but unrecognisable...
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The growing pains of … being an actor, that was a little frustrating at times because you feel like you have great capacity to do many things. And yet there seems to be a misunderstanding about who you are and what you're trying to do. And that requires patience, and people eventually will understand.
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Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.
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I prefer old-world wines like Lafite Rothschild and Margaux.
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Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose.
