Louis A. Johnson Quotes
This nation can no longer tolerate the autonomous conduct of any single service. A waste of the resources of America in spendthrift defense is an invitation to disaster for America.
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My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I try to walk that talk for my children.
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Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name on the credit card and then they look at the name on the book jacket, then there's this look of such profound sympathy for you that you had to resort to this. It really is withering.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.
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No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
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A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.
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My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people.
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I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
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But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.
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It's called 'I Wanna Thank You,' and I'm encouraging everybody out there to blog, Tweet, Facebook, anything about it. Let's sign a petition. The petition is called 'Busta Rhymes Make 'I Wanna Thank You' Your First Single.'
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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I'm not a big fan of watching my matches.
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God primes the pump of obligation.
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I enjoy roles that are quite physical.
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People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.
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I came from a real tough neighborhood. I put my hand in some cement and felt another hand.
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That she saw through this ploy did not prevent it from working perfectly.
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I followed my instincts; I followed my intuition, and it paid off.
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He had a cringing manner, but a very harsh voice; and his blandest smiles were so extremely forbidding, that to have had his company under the least repulsive circumstances, one would have wished him to be out of temper that he might only scowl.
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What I've said is we're going to encourage democracy in Pakistan, expand our nonmilitary aid to Pakistan so that they have more of a stake in working with us, but insisting that they go after these militants.
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This nation can no longer tolerate the autonomous conduct of any single service. A waste of the resources of America in spendthrift defense is an invitation to disaster for America.
