Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
Johnson: What do you think about this Vietnam thing? I’d like to hear you talk a little bit.
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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I feel like if I live the Christian life, then the people should be able to see it in my everyday actions.
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I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
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While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.
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A fashion show is like a 10-minute play, but there's all this anticipation; Everyone arriving, finding their seats, then there's 10 minutes of people walking past and clothes and music, then the whole thing is finished.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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Intermarriage is not a calamity but an opportunity for both a Jewish and non-Jewish partner to learn.
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Owing to the difficulty of dealing with substances of high molecular weight we are still a long way from having determined the chemical characteristics and the constitution of proteins, which are regarded as the principal con-stituents of living organisms.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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What I think a doctor should do is prevent disease, by any means necessary.
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Theater is where you go to find out something new that you don't know. It goes through somebody's brain and comes out in a comprehensible way that is beautiful, that's really interesting.
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Men are fair, and they have learned not to personalize anger - they can disagree with you and argue to the bone, but afterward they still consider you a nice person with whom the underlying human relationship need not be altered.
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I believe the most important thing for the media is to be objective, fair, and balanced. We should not report a story with preconceptions or prejudice.
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I think the bottom line for Oregonians is that cleaner fuels mean cleaner air, and we need that, and we want that.
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The older I get, the more nervous and anxiety-ridden I get. I don't know how to fix that.
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It would astonish if not amuse the older citizens to learn that I (a strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working at ten dollars per month) have been put down as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.
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The ordinary experiences of aging alter and clarify your view of past, present, and future.
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The winged words uttered in this House have gone forth to the world, on their mission of good or of evil.
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One volcano puts out more toxic gases - one volcano - than man makes in a whole year. And when you look at this 'climate change,' and when you look at the regular climate change that we all have in the world, we have warm and we have cooling spells.
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I want to be respected as a writer and, like I said, I was really sick of people saying I was a two dimensional character. I want more to my legacy, I guess.
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Misfortune is never invited. And it comes and sits at the table without permission and it eats, leaving nothing but bones.
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Beer is a wholesome liquor.....it abounds with nourishment.
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You almost died.” “But you brought me back.” She cupped his face in her hands. “I always knew you were there. Death didn't have a chance against the Wall.
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Johnson: What do you think about this Vietnam thing? I’d like to hear you talk a little bit.
