Calvin Johnson Quotes
You don't want to disappoint your mama, for that main fact that she's going to get on your behind.
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Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.
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The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a source of concern.
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When I was starting out and had to cut my teeth and build my resume to get in, I had to basically work for free on a lot of things.
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I'm not some sort of tormented soul looking for an identity in the roles I take. I became an actress because I just love dressing up and playing.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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Offset's the animal out the group. But he ain't no bad guy.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.
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I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.
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The thing I love about vampires that I find so fascinating is that, unlike other sci-fi creations, they aren't monsters from the get-go, they're human beings first... and so what kind of human you are would dictate what kind of vampire you would be.
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I've never had an audition like that before. They don't let you know about anything on 'Mad Men,' because it's a spoiler for everybody. I thought I was on the right track when I was cracking everybody up.
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You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
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I had $20,000, and I started up JYSK.
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I could find faults with all my albums because that's just a part of being an artist - it's hard being a human being, isn't it?
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I'm originally from southern California, so I, like, say 'like', like, a lot. I've been trying to scrub any traces of Valley Girl from my speech since I moved to New York, but it's, like, totally way harder than anyone thinks, you know?
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To some degree we all live with uncertainty. We have no control over the future. Yet we carry on, we persevere, because, I guess, it's the way we're made.
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All the skills of housewifery are the ones I'm using as a producer.
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Abysmal instruments make sounds like pips Of the sweeping meanings that we add to them.
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I got a little bit lost in the writing process: like, that moment in the 'Fight Song' music video where I'm throwing the crumpled paper on the bed, that was really true life. I was filling journals with different possibilities of lyrics for the first verse. And none of them felt right.
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Sometimes you get tired of riding in taxicabs the same way you get tired riding in elevators. All of a sudden, you have to walk, no matter how far or how high up.
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You've got to do something with all the books you've read, so you might as well imagine you've optioned them.
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It's kind of cool to have the whole country at your back. Not just a city, but the whole country is rooting for you.
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You don't want to disappoint your mama, for that main fact that she's going to get on your behind.
