Alan Johnson Quotes
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All change begins with a DECISION. Once the decision is made, DISCIPLINE becomes the bridge between desire and accomplishment.
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Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style.
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When the Italians play the Germans it'll be fascinating. Mightn't be very good football but it'll be great psychology.
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Some professional writers write everyday no matter what and perhaps that's the way it should be done, but it's not the way I do it. If I'm not pregnant with words and I'm not in labor with them, I don't even try to bring them forth because they won't be any good anyway. Once I'm ready to deliver, it's like being pregnant. I've got to find a typewriter or a piece of paper. The only words that have ever had any possible value to others seem to have been those words that just had to come out.
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The one governmental agency that has no ambition.
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I can't stand the gossip of celebrities' lives, all the time! Every minute!
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise...
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Getting even is one reason for writing.
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We never settle for 'This is good enough.' It always has to be amazing because that's the kind of music we'd want to listen to, and that's the kind of music we want to give to other people.
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The great Jack Nicklaus summed things up neatly during a charity match on the Old Course at St. Andrews where he and I were playing against Ben Crenshaw and Glen Campbell. I asked him what he considered to be the most important factor to overcome in the game of golf. His reply, "It's an unfair game."
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Chivalry is not dead and you should be a gentleman. But if you are going to buy a girl a drink, buy it. Don't just offer it. Follow through.
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Who loves not Knowledge? Who shall rail Against her beauty? May she mix With men and prosper! Who shall fix Her pillars? Let her work prevail.
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When I go to the interviews and sit before a prospective employer, I'm going to try and look as employable as I can.
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Being an icon is overrated, remember an icon can be moved by a mouse
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I went to 13 schools in 12 years. We moved all over the place. Music was the only thing that I could get behind... I wasn't that good at socializing. I'm still not.
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Beijing is an example of [families were displaced for the Olympics]. Something like 10,000 families were moved out.
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I do sometimes think what outfit will make me happy. It's one of those self-care things. If I don't have time to do yoga in the morning, then I have a certain sweater/shirt combination that makes me feel put together.
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Some of the leverage has moved from the employer to the employee.
