Bret Anthony Johnston Quotes
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Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them.
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The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.
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I listen to music constantly while writing.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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I said 'It can't go on' and he said 'No, it can't.' Honestly, I don't think I could have mattered less to him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him.
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I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.
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Well, I certainly wouldn't want to live in the 18th century myself, or the 19th either, for that matter.
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'TableTop' is packed with gaming celebrities and independent game creators. This is a huge subculture that really doesn't have a vehicle to rally around or educate people with.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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Coming out of the '60s and the Vietnam War in America, it was commonplace for people to make films that had relevance to them. And since the '70s, cinema has gone almost entirely in the direction of spectacle and escapism and superhero films.
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Irreverence not only shows disrespect to Deity but also makes it hard for the Spirit to teach us the things we need to know.
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I love living in the country, so much so that I'm even surprised by it. I have met lots of interesting people - the community was really welcoming, and I now probably have a more interesting social life than I did in the city.
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Not only do you want to leave the audience wanting more, you want to leave yourself wanting more.
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In modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished... There is only a loser, and the loser is mankind.
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I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
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I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt.
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Set your goals high; make friends with different kinds of people; enjoy simple pleasures. Stand on high ground; sit on level ground; walk on expansive ground.
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I learned to act by watching Martha Graham dance, and I learned to dance by watching Charlie Chaplin act.
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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My crime is that I will not go with the multitude to do evil. My singularity is that when I say that freedom is of God and slavery is of the devil, I mean just what I say. My fanaticism is that I insist on the American people abolishing slavery, or ceasing to prate on the rights of man.
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The slogan used to be 'Populate or perish'. We can now see that it is more like 'Populate and perish'. A sustainable future has to be based on stabilisation of both population and consumption.
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The strange and scattered pieces of ourselves we leave behind.
