Rafer Johnson Quotes
I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing.
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If you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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I can't remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can't. I just do it bar for bar.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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Never met Levinson. Ever. He directed those American Express spots for us for Seinfeld, and I was off on some guest spot that I didn't even want to do... and I got talked into doing it.
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I practice on the roads of Gaza as we don't have good stadiums and tracks so I gave my best.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
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I'm moving forward to do the best.
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When you're writing a book, you don't really think about it critically. You don't want to know too well what you're doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it.
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Liberalism is assisting quality of life, whatever you may choose.
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One works in one's laboratory - one's chaotic laboratory - with students and colleagues, doing what one most wants to do - then all this happens! It is overwhelming.
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You don't repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing things differently - and I think that is what is going to make the difference.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
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The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra if churchgoing declines. I could take you to plenty of churches that are full to bursting and new churches being built.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles.
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Biography lends to death a new terror.
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Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail.
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The child who hates the parent becomes rigid – unable to let in love. He is so filled with shame that he feels that he cannot take in any further shame. He protects himself by making sure he is always “right.” Such a person often becomes controlling, shaming, or abusive.
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My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.
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I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing.
