Antony Johnston Quotes

So, yes, 'Codename Baboushka' is all-action and over-the-top, at least by my standards. But it also has a complex, multifaceted protagonist, a deep mystery at its core, and a kind of humanity that, through all the bullets and high-kicks, is really the soul of the book.

Antony Johnston

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: August 25, 1972

Topics

SoulBookDeepMysteryHumanityYes

I feel that writers think with their noses to the ground, and the dark stuff kind of comes to me more, even though I really am sort of an upbeat guy. It's an honest descent into darkness. And you can't have the joy without the grief - it's why we listen to Mozart's 'Requiem.'

Andre Dubus III

GriefDarknessJoyMeThinkYou

There was a phase when I and people around me listened to Prince a lot. A lot. We took Prince fandom to the extreme.

Max Martin

PeopleMeExtremePrincePhaseTook

George Lopez is always on the verge of hilarity. If he could ever think of something funny to say, if he had a funny thought in his mind, he's ready to go.

Andy Kindler

FunnyMindThinkThoughtReadyGo

All I was doing was trying to get home from work.

Rosa Parks

WorkHomeDoingTryingGet

Enhancing revenues will help us improve education and solve our infrastructure problems.

Roy Barnes

EducationProblemsHelpWillImprove

Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-top and outrageous for figure skating. But for me, it's all beautiful. Even when nobody else believed they were beautiful, I felt beautiful in them.

Johnny Weir

BeautifulMeNobodySkatingEven

I got fired - November 8, 1979. And all of a sudden, I got a call, two weeks later, about doing a game on ESPN. And I truly said - Scotty Connal, the head of ESPN production at the time, was the guy that called me - I said, 'Man, ESPN sounds like a disease. What is ESPN? I know nothing about it, never heard of it.'

Dick Vitale

TimeManMeGameDoingKnow

The computer is a mechanism for acceleration: it accelerates economic activity, and this is eating up the world. It's eating up resources, it's processing, it's manufacturing, it's distributing, it's consuming. That's what the computer's real work does, and it does that 24/7, 365 days a year, non-stop, just to satisfy our own narrow needs.

Douglas Tompkins

WorkWorldEatingYearManufacturing

I'm fortunate enough that I don't have to accept every movie that comes along.

Claudia Schiffer

EnoughAcceptFortunateAlongMovie

I didn't know I had a fan base on the other side of the border. I thought that since actor Ali Zafar is from Pakistan, the fans might have mistaken me for him. Eventually, I realised that they have liked my work, and that feeling sunk in.

Ali Fazal

WorkMeBorderThoughtFeelingKnow

I always look for judges who respect precedent.

Susan Collins

RespectLookJudgesAlwaysWho

If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.

Pete Rose

MeChanceEnoughSecond ChanceNeed

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