Bret Anthony Johnston Quotes
The past was a bridge that looked solid and sturdy, but once you were on it, you saw that it extended only far enough to strand you, to suspend you between loss and longing with nowhere to go at all.
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But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.
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Even now, my husband Jerry, our son Matthew and I live only five minutes away from my parents home, and my brothers live about ten minutes away. It's been great having such a supportive family.
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One of my favorite movies of all time is 'Bugsy Malone.'
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I just would like to be challenged. I want to push myself to the limit, and constantly challenge myself and grow as an artist. That's where I want to go. Explore different things, different characters, in film, and just everything!
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Bob Weir calls me a saint, but I'm 'Saint Misbehavin'.' They're making a documentary about my life, and that's the current shooting title. I can roll with that, but otherwise the s-word makes me really paranoid.
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Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.'
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How can people be anything but ignorant when knowledge isn’t saved, isn’t taught?
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I am working as hard as I possibly can, and do not even dream of doing anything except the cathedral. It is an immense task.
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Once you feel good, you look good... that projects to everyone.
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'None of Your Business.' It's the only Salt-N-Pepa song that I regret.
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In our world, as artists, the only time I'm allowed to express myself is through song.
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The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered with mats and kept very clean.
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The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life.
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There are 45 million children in Africa who are not in school. While other children are learning, exploring, and growing in the myriad ways that children were meant to grow, these children are trapped in a life of constant struggle. Without education, how can they be expected to escape such struggle? How can their children?
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For professional athletes, the motives for cheating generally are more obvious: money, fame, and often a low likelihood of being caught. But why would a middle- or back-of-the-pack runner lie or cheat in a race that doesn't even matter?
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The five separate fingers are five independent units. Close them and the fist multiplies strength. This is organization.
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When people do come face to face with each other as human beings, they begin to understand each other better.
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The more ignorant men are, the more convinced are they that their little parish and their little chapel is an apex to which civilization and philosophy has painfully struggled up the pyramid of time from a desert of savagery.
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Growing up in Cleveland, the first time I went to a WWE event, Cleveland didn't even have an arena. The Cavaliers were playing at the Richfield Coliseum. I would go out there.
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Marriage: The most expensive way to get your laundry done.
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The past was a bridge that looked solid and sturdy, but once you were on it, you saw that it extended only far enough to strand you, to suspend you between loss and longing with nowhere to go at all.
