Brian Francis Johnson Quotes
Live. Love. Smile. Hug. Laugh. Dream. Do. Create. Have fun. Be intense. Be audacious. Be unreasonable. Act impeccably. Breathe. Be you. Be different.
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Every ghetto you go to, Latinos and blacks are the two people that are together. We don't look at each other in any different way, like 'He's black; I'm Latino.' I look at us as one.
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And also, I know I have this responsibility or mission to show people, to encourage them to live their dream, too.
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Nothing else matters except that I have fun, and I'm still having fun.
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In my career, I'm always trying to do something different.
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Anytime you hear different things - whether it's trade rumors or people saying you're not living up to your complete potential - you're obviously going to get ticked off about that.
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John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student.
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I would enjoy flying to Mars. This was the dream of the first cosmonauts. I wish I could realize it! I am ready to fly without coming back.
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I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
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It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.
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You don't dream about things that are impossible; that are out of your range.
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Honor wears different coats to different eyes.
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I really like collections of things. I love antique botanical prints with a bunch of different weeds and seeds.
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I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun.
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English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different.
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There were definitely curveballs in my growing up, from a family aspect. My parents got divorced when I was in second grade. I moved around a lot. Actually, I went to about four different schools when I was in fourth grade.
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Everybody did something. It was very entertaining. We had a lot of fun. Lot of fun. And there was no segregation, that I could see. I never saw any.
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My first calendar was a combination of photos taken from different shoots including golf and casual.
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I have met hundreds of young people doing just what George Romney did: using a hand up in tough times to become part of the American Dream.
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Practice the philosophy of continuous improvement. Get a little bit better every single day.
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I think God must have had something in mind for me that was not on my radar when I first started out in New York. Back then, doing animated voices meant your career was done - it was looked down upon.
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I often feel intellectually frustrated when I'm in a position where I'm not moving forward; when I'm not enquiring about something.
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I like it when journalists are nice to me, and it's happening more and more.
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Live. Love. Smile. Hug. Laugh. Dream. Do. Create. Have fun. Be intense. Be audacious. Be unreasonable. Act impeccably. Breathe. Be you. Be different.
