Calvin Johnson Quotes
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I exercise at home - light cardio and yoga.
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Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. Jazz is abandon.
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I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there.
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If you want to look at the state of humans, you should look at the state of animals first. People are choosing whether or not they can feed an animal and their family. And every shelter coast-to-coast is stuffed.
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I love shopping, but I can't go out. I love going to restaurants and eating out with friends.
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I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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When a human being becomes a set of data on a website like Facebook, he or she is reduced. Everything shrinks. Individual character. Friendships. Language. Sensibility.
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I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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I was not getting work, even after auditioning for films. So I started working in a studio as a photographer; I assisted a cinematographer for two ads. I was thinking that I will get into photography or cinematography or assist someone. But then the 'Dangal' offer came, and I was busy with the auditions.
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The people don't run the system; the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will help them. But when they turn around, there is no help.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
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Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste.
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When you're 21, you think, 'Oh God, when I'm 36, oh God, that's nearly 40 and I'll look really old and wrinkly by then.' And actually, I quite like the way I look.
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Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose.
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I was known for singing romantic songs to women, but I can also be that guy talking about why you can't be the only girl for me.
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I was like, 'I don't know if I could be an Olympian...' But my dad really influenced me to stay and be in the Olympics.
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Parts of the world can be very hostile to differences, social or artistic.
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The process of getting conscious, for me, was a very, very uncomfortable, disturbing, and sometimes physically painful process. And so that's the standard to which I write, because it was what I've experienced over my time.
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Bless my mom. Mom is everything to me.
