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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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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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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The thing that 'Glee' has successfully done that no other TV show has is that they're just honest - but they don't tell you what's right or wrong. They don't tell you what to agree with or what to believe in.
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Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
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If you are an Arabic-speaking, Greek-Orthodox going to a French school it makes you deeply sceptical if you have to listen to three different accounts of the Crusades - one from the Muslim side, one from the Greek side and one from the Catholic side.
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To be respected as an actor it doesn't help to be seen out in the clubs.
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BoomTown has long been a big fan of Martha Stewart.
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Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.
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'Winner' is a commercial family entertainer with a strong emotional core. Teju couldn't hold back his tears after watching the movie. The horse race portions were mostly shot in Turkey.
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I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing.
