Charles Foster Johnson Quotes
I seem to vaguely remember a time when America had confidence. And guts. And soldiers fighting a war didn't need to be given "permission" to defend themselves from enemies trying to kill them.
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I used to, in the summertime, spend so much money doing a lot of fun stuff. Now, I'm actually consciously trying to save so we can live how we want to live after basketball. I've even sold a few things.
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Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.
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Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race.
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I built Kosovo for 10 years.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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I want to develop Katihar as an ideal district. That is my dream for my constituency.
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I work with directors who haven't had the experience of being on sets as much as I have. I feel like, in a way, if it's an independent movie, I can teach the crew to kind of relax, or create a vibe. It really is about a vibe.
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You may not be like everyone else, but that's okay. Be who God made you to be.
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I feel lucky that I got to work with some of the big legends in town.
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I think that for some people faith is good - they have something to draw to.
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In India, the measure of a singer's freedom is in his own creative personality. He can sing the composer's song as his own, if he has the power creatively to assert himself in his interpretation of the general law of the melody which he is given to interpret.
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I never for a moment considered not doing the show. When I did the show I became very emotional. Some of the lyrics suddenly took on an entirely different meaning. Words like, 'as if we never said goodbye' became more real.
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USA Today doesn't like my 'tone,' humor, sarcasm, etc. etc., which raises the intriguing question of why they hired me to write for them in the first place. Perhaps they thought they were getting Catherine Coulter.
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The highest principles for our aspirations and judgments are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition. It is a very high goal which, with our weak powers, we can reach only very inadequately, but which gives a sure foundation to our aspirations and valuations.
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The nice thing with the Arabs is that with age comes respect.
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A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world.
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No matter how much you plan and prepare, things can still go wrong.
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There aren't any coincidences. I think things really happen for a reason.
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When I was in my mid-20s, I traveled a lot around the world, and the question I had for everyone I talked to was, 'What is your conception of God?' I found that everybody basically felt the same: God is within and without. He's in everything.
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How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?
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I don't believe in playing just one sport. I believe it results in burnout, and each sport trains your body in a different way.
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Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home.
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I seem to vaguely remember a time when America had confidence. And guts. And soldiers fighting a war didn't need to be given "permission" to defend themselves from enemies trying to kill them.
