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J J Johnson Inspirational Quotes (239)

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If it seems like you are playing around and not practicing, that's when you know you really love it.
Jack Johnson
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O Black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire?
James Weldon Johnson
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Go to the east shore of any of the Hawaiian Islands, and that's a pretty big lesson on how much plastic is ending up in the ocean. Basically, the Hawaiian Islands act as a filter out in the middle of the Pacific.
Jack Johnson
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And we need a president who is a uniter, not a divider who can lower the temperature, not raise the temperature. And I wish President Trump would spend more time trying to go beyond his immediate base to reach people, and use the presidential microphone to try to bring people together, instead of the rhetoric that seems to divide us.
Jeh Johnson
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In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians, several of whom spoke of my playing in high terms.
James Weldon Johnson
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As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs.
James Weldon Johnson
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I was lucky enough to occasionally break out of that racist situation that prevails in the Hollywood film production community. But it was racist then and it will always be that way. It will never be otherwise.
J. J. Johnson
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I aspired to be a writer and then I just started getting acting work. I really didn't have a direct goal, I just knew I wanted to be in this industry telling stories and doing this for a job. I thought my path was going to be as a writer, but I'm pretty happy doing it as an actor.
Jake M. Johnson
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media saturation is probably very destructive to art. New movements get overexposed and exhausted before they have a chance to grow, and they turn to ashes in a short time. Some degree of time and obscurity is often very necessary to artists.
Joyce Johnson
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You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There's a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that's just begun.
James Weldon Johnson
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President Trump talks about extreme vetting, and we actually do have extreme vetting when it comes to refugee resettlement. Refugee resettlement is the most thorough, cumbersome, multilayered vetting system we have for the admission of anyone to the country.
Jeh Johnson
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It's always better when we're together, somewhere in between together.
Jack Johnson
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A lot of artists don't survive, do they? You work very hard and finally you get what you want and it destroys you.
Joyce Johnson
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It is just awesome, there’s no other way to describe it. To be the first to win in a Gen-6 car … I’m just very proud of the moment.
Jimmie Johnson
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I’d love to have an opportunity to tie the greats in Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Sr.
Jimmie Johnson
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There will never come a time when you don't have to practice
J. J. Johnson
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Jeff [Gordon] doesn't sit down and explain things. We don't sit and have meetings where I'm the student. He really teaches by example. I've learned a lot on and off the racetrack.
Jimmie Johnson
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You know, what 'New Girl' is doing is they're bringing in really cool people. These are home-run people who aren't your typical guest-star-type people.
Jake M. Johnson
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Icarus flew too close to the sun, but at least he flew.
Jeremy Robert Johnson
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I have dashed across continents and oceans as a fugitive and have matched my wits with the police and secret agents seeking to deprive me of one of the greatest blessings man can have-liberty.
Jack Johnson
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Fact is only what you believe and fact and fiction work as a team.
Jack Johnson
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Everybody has their different tastes with television - there are some characters people like, some characters people hate.
Jake M. Johnson
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You spend so much time in your profession it ought to be something you love.
John H. Johnson
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It's real easy to sit on your couch and point fingers and say, 'So-and-so did something wrong...'. But until you are out there in these cars at these speeds and seeing all the near-misses and what is really going on, it is not worth forming an opinion.
Jimmie Johnson
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