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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I use a computer, but before I begin each new book I keep a notebook. I write down everything that comes to mind during that period before I actually begin. It might take months or weeks. That notebook is my security blanket so that I never have to face a blank screen (or blank page). But I print out often and my best ideas usually come with a pencil in my hand.
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You put two egos together and you've either got a conflict, which is always interesting, or better yet, a love affair.
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Training Day was such a Hollywood movie; I didn't like it.
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Straw purchasing is illegal.
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The biggest things for us is to improve over last week. We made way too many mistakes and missed too many assignments. Hopefully getting a game under their belts will help us this week.
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Johnson: What do you think about this Vietnam thing? I’d like to hear you talk a little bit.
