Gary Johnson Quotes
I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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Beware of addictive medicines. Everything in moderation. This applies particularly to the Internet and your sofa. The physical world is ultimately the source of all inspiration. Which is to say, if all else fails: take a bike ride.
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I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.
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As an actor, the first thing you're taught is, 'Don't look into the camera; ignore it.'
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Sometimes, I get afraid it has defined me, that sense of grief, loss and illness. But actually, it is about allowing myself to take hold and say: 'This is part of who I am, but not only who I am.'
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Like most writers, I've read a lot of Hemingway, and I admire him greatly.
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A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.
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There's something nice and intimate about having a book. You know that someone's actually gone on this journey. You know that someone has actually researched and reported all these things. You can see and hear their tone in what they chosen to include and what they haven't.
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Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those centuries, Africans were politically free and economically independent. Their social patterns were their own and their cultures truly indigenous.
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The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.
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Most of us understand that innovation is enormously important. It's the only insurance against irrelevance. It's the only guarantee of long-term customer loyalty. It's the only strategy for out-performing a dismal economy.
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The purpose of sports - even foreign sports - is not to bore people.
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Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
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Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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At Ford, one of the behaviors is you listen, and you don't have side conversations during the meeting. It's just so important everybody stays focused.
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I've passed up opportunities. I've avoided the spotlight. I've never been to Academy Awards, didn't relate to them.
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I don't particularly like attention. I like to do things on my own. I like to dress myself. People always ask that at shoots: 'Do you want any help?' That's the weirdest question.
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People who are in a position of power like to throw their weight around, and that becomes abuse.
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I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected.
