Linton Kwesi Johnson Quotes

I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste.

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: jamaican
  • Birth: August 24, 1952

Topics

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It's important to me to play men who use their brains, not just brawn.

Joe Morton

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I think the life of an actor is glamorous to other people, but then the reality sets in: you don't know where you will be next year or how long you'll be there for.

Joel Edgerton

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I get an awful lot of fan mail, and I read all that I can.

John Denver

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A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that.

Alton Brown

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A quiet, non-attention grabbing, 'Hey, just wanted to say that I enjoy your work' is perfect.

Chris Wood

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Inventing sources is not a crime in and of itself, although it certainly violates every code of journalistic ethics known to man. A criminal fraud case would require that the reporter's deceit had been malicious and resulted in financial gain.

Brendan I. Koerner

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It's your life, live it your way.

Bob Hoskins

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Evangelicalism's moral values are now articulated by reality stars like the Duggar family, who Mike Huckabee embraced, and 'Duck Dynasty,' whose patriarch, Phil Robertson, endorsed Cruz. Palin herself, an evangelical darling in 2008, has had two reality TV shows: 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' and 'Sarah Palin's Amazing America.'

Anthea Butler

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You must first get along with yourself before you can get along with others.

Anthony J. D'Angelo

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As an artist, the more experience, the better the creation. I'm a very positive person.

Psy

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My ambition in the cinema, since I came across it, was to play Chance... I have realized that ambition, and so I have no more.

Peter Sellers

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I regularly go to concerts with my children sharing the music.

Peter Hook

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