Brian Francis Johnson Quotes

The only people I have ever seen paint successfully, consistently, with great authority, unselfconsciously and without fear of failing were about four years old.

Brian Francis Johnson AC/DC

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• A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.

  

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• I'm not the type of person that is forced.

  

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• Public humiliation comes to us all, and never so surely as when we're just a little bit pleased with ourselves and feel, just for once, that everything is going our way.

  

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• I don't like allegories.

  

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• As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.

  

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• There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.

  

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• I like Disney Channel a lot, and I also like to watch 'Full House.'

  

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• It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.

  

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• I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.

  

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• All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.

  

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• For some reason, I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.

  

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• Life started getting good when I started making money.

  

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• We need to build systems that can automatically figure out what's high quality and what's not, and encourage users to contribute high-quality content. There's a lot of technical challenges in that.

  

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• Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.

  

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• The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

  

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• We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.

  

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• The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.

  

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• We continue to see undeniable evidence that abuse and torture has been widespread and systematic, yet high-level government officials have not been held accountable for creating the policies that led to these atrocities.

  

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• The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.

  

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• I never wanted to be famous. I want to be more famous than I am so I can get the roles. I hate losing the roles. I was famous more for being around people who were famous, and I hate that kind of fame.

  

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• That in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence, they must receive competent assurances concerning the integrity, fidelity, and constancy each of other.

  

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• I went to art school for fine art and then I started doing performance art, and then I started making fun of performance art, and it turned into comedy.

  

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• The only people I have ever seen paint successfully, consistently, with great authority, unselfconsciously and without fear of failing were about four years old.

  

  Brian Francis Johnson AC/DC
  • People
  • Authority
  • Failing