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Hank Johnson Quotes

Most Americans have parents or grandparents who immigrated to this country, and we know the hardships they faced, from learning the language to dealing with prejudice.

Hank Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: October 2, 1954

Topics

Learning Parents Language Hardships

My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama school, so I did that.

Jeremy Irons

School Step Drama Go Next Well

My impression was, 'This Hollywood thing doesn't seem too hard.'

Joel Kinnaman

Hollywood Hard Impression Seem Thing

I began by doing a lot of character work on TV, just fun acting parts.

Robert Redford

Work Character Fun Doing Acting TV

When we were working on 'River Ota' in the '90s, I learnt to read Japanese, which was how I discovered that it incorporates elements of Chinese calligraphy.

Robert Lepage

River Working Japanese Read Elements

'Borne,' in a weird way, even though it's a totally different universe, picks up where the 'Southern Reach Trilogy' leaves off, because it's post-apocalyptic.

Jeff Vandermeer

Universe Weird Reach Way Up Off

I find inspiration on the street a lot.

Jeanne Damas

Find Street Inspiration Lot

The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen.

Tom Smothers

People Ideas Censorship Listen Right

All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.

Rita Dove

Time Myself Childhood Think Moments

I remember my uncle and my father telling me that my mother didn't want me because I was blind. She thought being blind was a disgrace and a punishment from God.

Ronnie Milsap

Father Mother God Me Thought Blind

Being honest about being bullied in school and my bipolar was not so much of a 'do I or don't I?'; it was waiting for the right time. Even before I knew what making a mark on the world meant, I knew I wanted to make a difference.

Ruby Rose

Time School Waiting World Right Time

I tend to look for pathologies everywhere.

Douglas Coupland

Look Everywhere Tend

People who work in horror know they are contributing to a genre that has always been loved and will always be loved - privately. It's the forbidden evil working behind the curtain. My job scoring a horror movie is like being the barker at a carnival. A good barker can get anyone to walk into the roped-off tent.

Christopher Young

Work Good Walk Job People Evil