Calvin Johnson Quotes
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
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I felt pressure to follow in Madonna's footsteps, and I didn't want to base my career on sex. So I began to change how I saw myself.
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If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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I think that it's really incredible, growing up and being able to have all these people who really look up to the work that I do. It's really cool that I have such awesome fans, and I can't thank them enough. I get on my Twitter and Facebook every day, and I see such awesome things.
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Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.
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In many ways, anger is a misdirected plea for love.
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I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.
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I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara, Coppola, Neil Jordan.
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I had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play.
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We are now living in a fast paced technological era where every skill that we teach our children becomes obsolete in the 10 to 15 years due to exponentially growing technological advances.
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
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I've been a war reporter and a human rights defender. A professor and a columnist. A diplomat and - by far most thrillingly - a mother. And what I've learned from all these experiences is that any change worth making is going to be hard. Period.
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I think if I'd ever had any skeletons in the closet, they'd have been out a long time ago.
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Do whatever you want in the back room of pharmacies, but keep it away from consumers.
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I think future generations will say the late 20th century and the early 21st century was a time of great convulsions and upheavals.
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I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.
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Violence would be a huge gift to those who want a divided Lebanon.
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I don't want to dog the NFL.
