Calvin Johnson Quotes

My mom, she's the strict one. If we did something bad, we'd get a whippin' but nothing too bad.

Calvin Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 29, 1985

Topics

MomBadNothingSheSomethingGet

I always knew that good stuff would come along when I was older. So when I was 18, I longed to be 30; when I was 30, I longed to be 50. I've always looked forward to my next birthday.

Joanna Lumley

BirthdayGoodForwardAlwaysNext

I've definitely had my struggles with the male species, as I'm sure most girls have.

Andreja Pejic

StrugglesSureMostSpeciesHad

The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I borrowed elements of people I admired and invested them in this mythical character. I'm such a fluent, specious person now, but I was an extremely awkward fellow in those days.

John le Carre

CharacterPeoplePersonNowPersonal

To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of.

Ronald Fisher

SayAskHimExperimentPostHe

Writing fiction is... an endless and always defeated effort to capture some quality of life without killing it.

Rose Wilder Lane

LifeQualityEffortWritingDefeated

Blackness, any sort of difference, is not a burden. Relegating blackness or other sorts of difference to serious books that explicitly engage with issues creates a context in which it can seem like one.

Rumaan Alam

SeriousBurdenDifferenceEngage

The Olympic Games is one of those moments that you remember forever, from the moment that you step foot in the country that you're competing in to the Closing Ceremony.

Michelle Kwan

MomentStepRememberMomentsYou

To manifest your hearts desires you must be what your heart desires.

Joy Page

HeartYouManifestMustHeartsYour

Work has been my lover - I've shied away from any commitments.

Dennis Christopher

WorkAwayBeenCommitmentsLover

My mother always used to say, 'There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.'

Donald Freed

MotherPathPeaceSayAlwaysUsed

Catch-22's first readers were largely of the generation that went through World War II. For them, it provided a startlingly fresh take, a much-needed, much-delayed laugh at the terror and madness they endured.

Christopher Buckley

WarWorldGenerationLaughMadness

I'm from Italy, the home of Vivaldi, Rossini, Puccini. When I stopped playing and became a manager, football became like a beautiful piece of music to me - and the players, an orchestra.

Claudio Ranieri

HomeMusicBeautifulFootballMe

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