Barbara Johnson Quotes
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
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I'm a very positive person. I get excited easily, and I like to jump around.
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You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman.
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Stuffed vine leaves tend to burn and/or stick when you cook them. To avoid this, use a heavy based pan lined with a few layers of second-rate leaves.
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I love music, and can dance on the desi beats. Punjabi music is my favourite. I listen to artists like Honey Singh. I love his music. I also love watching Bollywood films.
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If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
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I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper.
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If you publish something in traditional media, it's one-way. With social media, we get all this info coming back from those who read our posts.
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The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient.
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If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a prince, and he says, 'To be or not to be.'"
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I like to get in among a set of people and get to know them very well.
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Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.
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I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.
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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
