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Paul Johnson Quotes

At some time in their careers, most good historians itch to write a history of the world, endeavor to discover what makes humanity the most destructive and creative of species.

Paul Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Good History Time Creative World

I'm not a pioneer of hip-hop; I just saw it and said, 'This thing is incredible, and these people are incredible. They should be exposed all over the world.'

Jimmy Iovine

People World Said Hip-Hop Over Saw

In Europe, I am an outsider. I don't really understand anything that I am seeing. I can be welcomed into people's homes, I can be met with suspicion, I can be taken somewhere else altogether. There is always wonderment there for me, even if the person I am photographing may not see it or be aware of it.

Jim Goldberg

I Am People Me Seeing I Can Person

The piano is an instrument that can easily sound overly thick, and I love to think that I can work with textures - particularly the inner textures inside the melody or the bass line. There is an analogy there with painting; I love paintings where you see colour underneath the colour and, underneath that, more texture and shape.

Stephen Hough

Work Love Painting Think You I Can

When you build a product, you make a lot of assumptions about the state of the art of technology, the best business practices, and potential customer usage/behavior.

Steven Sinofsky

Business Technology Art Best You

I've been lucky. I don't for a minute take for granted the good fortune I have had. You don't like to get ideas above your station, especially a boy from the south side of Glasgow.

Tony Curran

Good Ideas You Take For Granted Boy

As a designer, design director or any creative person, you have to hire great people, support them and make them feel comfortable so they can contribute and give you their best.

Tom Ford

Great Best Creative Support People

I read Russian literature a lot.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Literature Read Lot Russian

Arguably, there's an emotional side of life that I'm not always completely plugged into.

Louis Theroux

Life Always Emotional Side Arguably

In Count Julian I simply proposed to create a text which would allow for diverse levels of reading.

Juan Goytisolo

Reading Create Count Would Text

There I was, an 18-year-old mimic rooming with a blind whistler.

Arthur Hailey

Blind Mimic

I don't know what I would have done without acting. I officially fell into it around age 6 in a class play that reimagined 'The Ugly Duckling.' My joy in performing was so boundless, you would have thought I'd just won a Tony.

Ari Graynor

Age Joy Ugly Thought You Acting

We have to look good... our hair does get damaged due to straightening... tonging. We have to do something that helps our hair look good and healthy.

Anushka Sharma

Good Hair Look Healthy Something