Alan Johnson Quotes
We are showing how determined we are to crack down on the distress nuisance calls cause the public.
Quotes to Explore
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There is not a right too long denied to which we do not aspire in order to achieve; there is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish.
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I have a very small public.
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If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.
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Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.
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I am trying to do comedy on every single medium. I consider myself a public servant.
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When I became governor, I vowed to restore the public's trust.
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England is obsessed with where you came from, and they are determined to keep you in that place, be it in a drawing room or in the gutter.
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We still need to feed the public, both physically and intellectually.
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I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk - not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.
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It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
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The legacy of the Freddie Gray unrest? I think that remains to be determined.
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I was determined to dance. That's why I lasted so long.
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I am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
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There must not be favoured treatment for those occupying a position of public responsibility.
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I am a very public person. I have nothing to hide.
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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
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Going to spring break at Ft. Lauderdale, getting drunk and flashing your breasts isn't an act of personal empowerment. It's you, so fashioned and programmed by the construct of a patriarchal society that you no longer know what's best for yourself. A damsel too dumb to know she is even in distress.
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I miss the days when faith was discussed in public and not the most intimate details of our personal lives.
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We kill time; time buries us.
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The more we think of others, the happier we are. The more we think of ourselves, the more suffering we feel.
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In the Holy Relationship, it's understood that we all have unhealed places, and that healing is the purpose of our being with another person. We don't hide our weaknesses, but rather we understand that the relationship is a context for healing through mutual forgiveness.
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You really have so little choice - so little to decide. You get put through the machine and it chops you up and spits you out. Your life, it's all mechanical, of the machine, until you have free will. You can't be accepted into the Work until you have matured -- freed yourself and take responsibility for your life, become accountable for your every action. It's not just from coming to a school. It's an active process - you have to take the responsibility for yourself. When you're trapped in the machine, it doesn't matter what you do.
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I try to beat back the producers and engineers so they - there's not an excess of stuff used to squeeze my voice to make it artificial. There's a person in there, and people will listen; if they hear another person speak to them, they'll listen because it's lonely out here.
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We are showing how determined we are to crack down on the distress nuisance calls cause the public.
