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Paul Johnson Quotes

Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: british
Birth: November 2, 1928

Topics

Reality Human Conceal Device Horrors

Big Bang gave us hydrogen and helium. We couldn't make people out of hydrogen and helium. So we're made out of exploding stars.

Stars People Out Big Bang Big Us

The films, the music, the telly that I like is always a little bit more on the margins.

Music More Always Little Like Bit

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

Water Compassion Sweet Believe Will

Silicon Valley has infinite access to capital and can lose money indefinitely.

Money Lose Infinite Valley Capital

We do a lot of light classical programming with that, too... obviously... a lot of Tchaikovsky music, Grieg, things like that which have become less classical with classical concerts.

Skitch Henderson

Music Light Become Programming Like

You can't escape this feeling of disintegration. The world is fragile. But you also can't let it ruin your life. I'm actually a pretty composed person. I guess people imagine I spend my life thinking about crazy, sinister things but I don't, really. It's not like I'm trying to exorcise any demons.

Michael Shannon

Life People Crazy World Thinking

I logged into my bank accounts, and they were all seized, all frozen. So that was a pretty clear indication that I was in big trouble.

Trouble Bank Frozen Pretty Big Were

I grew up in a very small town in Florida, like, 7,000 people.

People Small Small Town Florida Up

Oftentimes, successful brands can lose discipline or become complacent over time, applying less rigor to the cost control and returns on investment.

Time Discipline Control Lose Become

To come home and have three songs working on radio, I can't tell you how happy I am. It is amazing.

Home I Am Happy Amazing You Three

Surrealism is a bourgeois disaffection; that its militants thought it universal is only one of the signs that it is typically bourgeois.

Thought Signs Universal Only

Spiders keep me awake at night. If I see one that's too big to get under a glass, there will be big problems. I'll spend the rest of the day feeling like I'm being terrorised by this missing spider.

Day Me Night Rest Problems Feeling

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