Denis Johnston Quotes
Men do not invent Myths. They only invent fables, and tell lies. True Myths create themselves, and find their expression in the men who serve their purpose.
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Some people call it the 'Al Jazeera spirit' - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been favored by the authority. The human being is the center of our editorial policy. We are not a TV station that rushes after stars, big names, press conferences, hand-shake journalism.
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I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.
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I have disassociated myself from that book.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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I used to dress like Roger Taylor when I was ten because I thought he was cool. In high school, I used to dress like Stephen Perkins from Jane's Addiction because I thought he was cool. You just want to be those guys when you're that age.
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Stop exporting American jobs. Stop exporting American factories, and stop exporting American sovereignty and independence to global institutions like the World Trade Organization.
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Being sick is the reason I went into comedy.
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And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that's fine with me!
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I spent my entire childhood in an environment in which the mighty of the earth had no place outside story books and dreams.
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The law is cruel.
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Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be explored for the solution of a problem so elegant and so celebrated.
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Not in the mornings, I'm always so tired in the morning.
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This little bathtub smells like ass.24.
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A political system seeking to function amongst ignorant, illiterate and barbaric people could have marvelous principles but could only succeed in being ignorant, illiterate and barbaric unless one addressed the people one by one and cured the ignorance, illiteracy and barbarism of each citizen.
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There were clouds like sharks with open jaws in the sky that morning.
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I am sure there is only one solution, that is for me to remove myself from the King's life. That is what I am doing now.
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Mac continued to write scathing commentary on assorted hypocrisies in high places and low, without which hypocrisies, he cheerfully conceded, civilized life would be impossible.
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How averse human beings were ever to admit ignorance!
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The people I've known I must say are extraordinary. When I think about some of them, I can't believe that I knew them all. And I think the reason I knew most of them at the beginning was because they were of Bogie's generation, 25 years my senior, not mine. But they were the most talented people of all.
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Cleverness: A predisposition to irritate excessively.
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The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.
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Immigration specifically was laid out in the Congress, giving the power of Congress to create a uniform system of naturalization.
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Men do not invent Myths. They only invent fables, and tell lies. True Myths create themselves, and find their expression in the men who serve their purpose.
