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I can only say that one's individual situation is more real and important to oneself than the devastations of fates and empires especially when they do not vitally affect oneself. ↗

— Isaac Rosenberg

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Writing is a creatively rewarding occupation but for me very time consuming. ↗

— Holly Johnson

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Our dreams are made of real things, like a shoebox full of photographs. ↗

— Jack Johnson

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Don't let your dreams be dreams. ↗

— Jack Johnson

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I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

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My friend told me later he got the chicken pox. I told him I caught politics and never got over it. ↗

— Jack Johnson

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The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view, they are picturesque. If one will put oneself in a romantic frame of mind, one can admire their notions of chivalry and bravery and justice. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

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Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you. ↗

— Jimmy Johnson

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And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

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Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed one of the most thrilling emotions which the human heart may experience. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

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