Alan Johnson Quotes
This investment will contribute towards the renaissance of Hull which is already under well under way.
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I write in a small office at home.
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For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character.
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I think I am very hands-on mother. I am very strict, and my daughter keeps telling me, 'You are too hard on me,' and I keep telling her, 'I have to be hard because if I am not hard, you will not learn the lessons that I want you to learn.' I think it is really important to be that way.
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But in the east the sky was pale and through the gray woods came lanterns with wagons and horses, bringing Grandpa and Grandma and aunts and uncles and cousins.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.
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Education is so important.
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For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
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Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.
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I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.
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I get very bored easily. I'm a child of the Internet or whatever; I want more and more of new and interesting things.
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I have charity work that I do. I started my own charity, the Friends of the Prostate, and I'm also working on awareness of the deviated septum. I do this because not many people are interested in it. There's also Save the Funnel-web - they're dying out.
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The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
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I think one of the most boring things is a person's taste.
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The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is.
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It's good just to laugh sometimes, and if it comes out of some truth, it's even stronger.
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I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do.
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What moves me in art is how we question who we are as people.
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You can't possibly ask me to go without having some dinner. It's absurd. I never go without my dinner. No one ever does, except vegetarians and people like that.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agee, the microscope is wrong
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I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.
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It takes a smart man to play dumb.
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This investment will contribute towards the renaissance of Hull which is already under well under way.
