Calvin Johnson Quotes
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I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.
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One of the things you realize with a lot of high achievers: You have to figure out a way to make things their idea.
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Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.
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Rooting from the sidelines is the most democratic of sporting rites: no skyboxes, no tickets required, just an unabashed will to holler and wave.
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I am not a methodical singer. I don't follow any process or rules; what I follow is just my heart - whatever I experience, I just write and then compose it.
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I think the reason I love 'Antiques Roadshow' is that it is sort of like the lottery. There's the chance a regular Joe could walk in with anything and come out close to a millionaire. There's the thrill of the find.
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Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
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Until 'Moonlight,' I had never seen one black man cook for another on screen. But I wanted the characters to be free of 'groundbreaking' or 'never before.' We were ascribed those things. They weren't the point.
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Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of theoretical systems.
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We come from Second City where you're taught if you make your fellow stage partner look good, that makes you look good.
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They hated Sammy Hagar for 12 years and they hate him to this day.
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Before acting took off, I was a professional kiteboarder training for the world circuit; with a sporting activity, you have to be determined, and it taught me to have a thick skin, which came in use after going to so many auditions and being told 'no.'
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Soldiers, I intend to stay here, not only as long as a man remains, but as long as a piece of a man is left.
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Life isn't always really glamorous and fabulous. It's about encouraging people to go back to natural beauty.
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Guerrilla war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the support of many.
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With George Bush's policies, I could make an argument for how they affect black people in a negative way. You know what I mean? But I wouldn't argue that he's a white supremacist.
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My illness is excruciating and difficult to cope with. It takes over your entire life and causes more suffering than I can describe.
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People get married when they're 18 and spend their whole lives together. I think their greatest fear is that someone will see it as a fling because they were young and it didn't mean anything.
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Our civic society is really all we have by way of nationhood.
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We're going to have to do a whole lot more, and give nature at least a chance to repair some of the damage we've done.
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I have to throw in on a personal note that I didn't like history when I was in high school. I didn't study history when I was in college, none at all, and only started to do graduate study when my children were going to graduate school. What first intrigued me was this desire to understand my family and put it in the context of American history. That makes history so appealing and so central to what I am trying to do.
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Guys get concussions, they don't tell the coaches. It happens.
