Calvin Johnson Quotes
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.
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In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.
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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 don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if you've had a hand in pushing forward not only a game but women in sport's movement, then I think that's pretty darn good.
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Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
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You either get better, or you don't progress.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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We're really going after truly creating sustainability of a disease-free state, creating a complete system for managing cancer patients for life, so that you can manage from onset of disease all the way through.
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My iron game. I get into trouble a lot with my driver, so I tend to hit 3-wood off the tee.
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The very important thing you should have is patience.
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Every power draws its ultimate consequences at every moment.
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'Badlands' is a very tangible record; a lot of the sounds were actual things: they were pots and pans, and they were rocks, and they were voices,and instruments used in a way to create a landscape of sound.
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The weird thing about this business - and I'm sure this operates in many other things, but it's very present and acute in this business - is that a lot of people don't realize that they have power. Particularly actors.
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And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.
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My first seven novels were contemporary spiritual novels, my next nine had strong elements of fantasy, and now I'm writing thrillers, more as a choice to spread my wings than anything. Writers, like good wine, should mature with age.
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When you're in the game, you're still in the moment.