Ashley Johnson Quotes
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Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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This work made me more and more interested in biological matter, and I decided that I really wanted to work on the X-ray analysis of biological molecules.
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There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.
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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
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I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.
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A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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Every training session, I try to simulate the conditions similar to where I am racing.
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The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.
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A lot of people plan for failure, but they don't plan for success, and that's a big problem, especially in the TV world 'cause you're trying to find out what your show is.
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It's the things that aren't accepted as conventionally beautiful that I find more attractive.
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I'm one of those people who really likes to do my research.
