Jennifer Johnston Quotes

Look around at the countries of Europe, and you'll find that practically all of them have pasts that are just as tragic as Ireland's, yet the people seem able to find some creative way at moving into the future.

Jennifer Johnston

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FutureCreativePeopleMovingLook

It's hard to say what the Founding Fathers would think of the modern presidency.

John Dickerson

ThinkSayHardModernPresidency

My own view is that every company requires a long-term view.

Jeff Bezos

ViewMy OwnCompanyOwnLong-Term

I love a lot of the '70s musicians, like Bonnie Raitt. And I love Sheryl Crow. But probably my favorite musician is a woman by the name of Schuyler Fisk.

Sissy Spacek

LoveWomanNameMusiciansLikeCrow

My friend Fred Coury, the drummer in '80s rock band Cinderella, told me that in the rock world, you're either still there, or you're struggling to get back to where you were.

Steve Valentine

FriendMeWorldYouBackRock

Any parent who tells their kids that they can't attend a school play or go to a soccer match because they have to work is kidding themselves. It's OK to miss a game or two or a performance here and there, but it's not all right to miss the majority of them.

Simon Sinek

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I love to go to Ireland just to relax.

Ronnie Wood

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I'd say in general, my style is Johnny Weir style. It's my style. I can't classify it as anything else.

Johnny Weir

StyleSayAnythingGeneralJohnny

Since I'm not a fashion model, there's a limit to how nice I can make myself. I don't regard myself as an ugly person, but I don't think of myself as someone who would choose to be a model. I'm somebody who might be, I'd like to think, a role model for people who want to become lawyers.

Cherie Blair

MyselfUglyPeopleFashionThink

My wife and I started a breeding program where we breed American quarter horses.

Brady Jandreau

WifeAmericanWhereQuarterStarted

I like Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm because I don't need a mirror to reapply. But I definitely treat myself with face lotion - I use La Mer.

Alison Sweeney

MirrorMyselfTreatFaceNeedLike

Over the course of three years or so, I've been able to create a nice little Rolodex of CrossFit gyms. I've ingratiated myself to the community, and that allows for a much more accessible training session as far as privacy is concerned.

Seth Rollins

CommunityMyselfTrainingCreate

Corporate America limits the world to consumerism. Science can limit it to the material world. Even religion limits it to a lot of theories that can explain everything. I think we need cinema to break that apart and remind us that we're not in control, and we don't understand as much as we think do.

Scott Derrickson

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