Linton Kwesi Johnson Quotes
The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same passion I felt when I wrote them as a young man.
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I can get moody sometimes when I wake up after a nap - I'm like a four-year-old.
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I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
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Being an offensive lineman, you always have the mindset of being an unsung hero - a lot of the people who look at the game follow the ball.
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The worst I think that I ever was, when 'Unforgettable' had come out, and not long after that I was on - I was on my way to my second divorce. And that was a crushing, crushing blow.
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The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy, personal secrecy.
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
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Could today's construction worker married to a clerical worker guarantee four children a college education and buy a house? That's what we're fighting about.
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She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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When you write for a comic series, many superheroes have 60 or some years of history that you are coming into.
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Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.
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Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.
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But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good quality in Him being essential, and such as cannot be changed and converted, His glory is therefore declared to be pure and sincere.
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I quit high school the first day of 10th grade because I felt like I was wasting time.
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It feels nice to be loved, but let me tell you there are 10 times more better looking, stylish and talented guys than me. So there's no solid reason for me to be proud! I don't think I have done anything extraordinary to change people's lives.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors.
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I can eat a man, but I'm not sure of the fiber content.
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I have a passion for not only my own kids but just kids in general.
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My real passion is social justice, resolving the lack of empowerment, the lack of skills, the fact that young people can't get on the housing ladder, they feel they can't have a decent job, they feel they aren't in control of their lives.
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The great changes in civilisation and society have been wrought by deeply held beliefs and passion rather than by a process of rational deduction.
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In the morning, I always use a cube of ice on my face – it gives me a natural lift.
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The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same passion I felt when I wrote them as a young man.
