Bernice Johnson Reagon Quotes

The Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, actually, was an effort to put something on the mall in Washington so American tourists could walk through America, and in their minds everything on the mall would be American.

Bernice Johnson Reagon

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Usually action films have a formula: good guy gets in trouble, his wife dies, friends have problems, so he goes to the mountain, learns martial arts, comes back, and kills the bad guy.

Jet Li

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Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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It is foolish for Republicans to continue opening the door to job-killing tax hikes while Democrats refuse to explain how they propose to reform mandatory spending - mostly entitlements - that makes up almost two-thirds of the federal budget.

John Fleming

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We listened to a lot of drama, adaptations of books, comedy. There was a real love of music expressed in choirs, because you didn't have to have instruments except your voice.

Melvyn Bragg

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The Government has to stop borrowing as much money; if we don't, quite frankly New Zealand will be downgraded and interest rates will go up for all New Zealanders.

John Key

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I think that's what it is with rock music. It helps you hang tough, I guess.

Angus Young

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If I had free time to go to Los Angeles to shoot a movie, I would rather spend it with my kids.

Stephen Colbert

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I don't focus on happiness as a goal or an end.

Srikumar Rao

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I came literally to the table with a wealth of knowledge by simply understanding how food should taste.

Rocco DiSpirito

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Maybe I am looking for the reason why I exist.

Roberto Cavalli

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Being a vegan is pretty easy these days, as almost every town and city has health food stores and vegetarian-friendly restaurants.

Moby

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It's not 100 per cent clear to me what's working about Snapchat.

Brian Acton

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