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Jack Johnson Quotes

I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: athlete
Nationality: american
Birth: March 31, 1878 - June 10, 1946

Topics

Mistakes Ring Never Out Made Any

When I write in Italian - this is just the metaphor that came to me immediately, and I really think this is what it is - I feel like I'm writing with my left hand. Because of that weakness, there is this enormous freedom that comes with it.

Freedom Me Writing Think Weakness

My dad was a stickler for teaching me the pratfall. There is something magical about taking a good fall, and when it works, when you get that laugh, there's no better feeling in the world.

Good Me World Better Laugh You

At the time of the Revolution, dogs howled day and night all over Russia.

Andrei Platonov

Time Day Night Revolution Dogs Over

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Identity Strong Personal Idle Sense

A good way to make children tell the truth is to tell it yourself. Keep your word with your child the same as you would with your banker.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Good Truth Children Yourself Child

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

Do The Right Thing Comfortable Right

Your mind is just like your body. It's a muscle you can train and get better at.

Mind Better You Body Train Muscle

My face is distinct. It's hard to confuse me with anyone else.

Me Face Hard Confuse Else Anyone

Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.

Find First Enemies Out Observe Your

I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes think that for me that is the real freedom, that I don't want anything. I don't want money or prizes. I want people to know that a war is going to be fought.

Freedom Money War People Me Think

My husband is always telling me: 'We're on holiday - we don't need to have an itinerary!' But I always want to see as much as I can. Sometimes, I come back from holiday needing a holiday.

Me Husband Back Holiday I Can Want

I think the thing that has made it possible for me to write personal songs and sing them year after year is the sensibility for good writing. Just opening your veins all over the paper is not necessarily going to be interesting. I wanted to speak to people.

Good People Me Writing Speak Think

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