Iris Johansen Quotes
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The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington – wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.
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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
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I signed this girl's arm. And the next day, a family member shot me an email, and it was a link to this girl who had my signature tattooed on her arm. I was like, 'Man, that's dedication. I'm sorry you did that.'
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I had no student friends to talk to about literature. My tutor was a really nice man, very charming - but he had no literary judgment.
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I'm more of a 5 Live man. But I might listen to a bit of Coldplay or The Smiths.
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I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the world championship. And it was stopped, so they love me in the Isle of Man.
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I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.
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Conrad Ludlow was an extraordinary partner... We just called him the greatest partner because he just knew what a woman's balance was.
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My government is working for the common man. Our priority is the poor of the country. We want good governance through a dynamic and seamless government.
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Rapunzel is a bit more relatable than the other princesses, especially because she doesn't even know that she's a princess until the very end of the movie. I like to think of her as the bohemian Disney princess. She's barefoot and living in a tower. She paints and reads... She's a Renaissance woman.
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I'm not a tall man. I'm just a hair under 5'5.
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Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman's attention.
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Am I old-fashioned? I think I might be. I am a lucky woman, because I was born with a priceless gift... the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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One of my favorite films is 'Pretty Woman.'
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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I really identified with Pocahontas' struggles as a young woman trying to identify herself in a modern, changing world and trying to stay true to her culture and heritage.
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The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.
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A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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I am a black woman, and of course, that's who I'm going to be playing, but I'm also biracial, and that's a different side of the experience.
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A man becomes the creature of his uniform.
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Nothing is more deadly to achievement than the belief that effort will not be rewarded, that the world is a bleak and discriminatory place in which only the predatory and the specially preferred can get ahead.
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They said no one knew a man as well as a woman who slept with him.
