Jennifer Johnston Quotes

I have got pictures all around the rooms I sit in. I have got a very mad picture of a dog standing on a black thing on a piece of rope. It was drawn and painted by a Romanian poet who was under house arrest, and it is terrific.

Jennifer Johnston

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: January 12, 1930

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There are many things I'm looking forward to in 2013, both personally and professionally. Plans for new restaurants in the U.S., including Eataly Chicago, are underway, and I'm gearing up for the 2013 Ironman world championships in Hawaii - if I'm lucky enough to get a spot!

Joe Bastianich

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Scheduled shipping is one of many inventions that has made New York a global capital of innovation and creativity - from Willis Carrier's invention of air conditioning in Buffalo and George Eastman's breakthrough film technology in Rochester to the rise of hip-hop in the South Bronx and the world's first cell phone call in Midtown Manhattan.

Joe Gebbia

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Common sense varies among the young, as among the old.

John Edward Christopher Hill

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I really don't feel like I'm in any kind of contest. Except, maybe, with myself. Just want to learn and create and grow. Get better all the time with these filmmaking tools. I don't expect perfection from myself. Just progress.

Angela Bettis

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My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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I think America's obsession with guns and with violence in media and society is a horrible sickness.

Jeff Lemire

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I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.

Rufus Wainwright

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If I was always doing my own thing, I would be bored out of my mind.

Dolph Ziggler

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In an industry that's uncertain and when you're in a lot of situations that are anxiety-causing, to have someone there who has your back unconditionally and cares for you and the material and would give anything to make sure everything is OK, makes you feel so much better. It gives you a sense of security as an artist.

Dee Rees

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All my favorite bands are the ones that push the limits and boundaries.

Chord Overstreet

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As women, we feel we can't ask for things. There's been a lot of research done recently and, more often than not, if a woman goes in to ask for a raise, she'll get it. But she's thinking, 'Do I deserve it? I've got to give a list of why I deserve it.' Whereas a man will just go in and ask for a raise. It's so scary.

Christina Hendricks

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I can't believe we're in the middle of the fifth season, and if this is all there is, my God, it went fast.

Bruce Boxleitner

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