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When the Negro cries with pain from his deep hurt and lays his petition for elemental justice before the nation, he is calling upon the American people to kindle about that crucible of race relationships the fires of American faith. ↗

— Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

#american #american people #before #calling #cries

This nation can no longer tolerate the autonomous conduct of any single service. A waste of the resources of America in spendthrift defense is an invitation to disaster for America. ↗

— Louis A. Johnson

#any #autonomous #conduct #defense #disaster

Research your idea. See if there's a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don't know if there's a need for it. You also have to research your competition. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#competition #demand #great #great ideas #idea

No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor. ↗

— Nancy Johnson

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I didn't know a van could go up on two wheels like that, for so long." -Nudge ↗

— James Patterson

#maxride #nudge #experience

Over the years, I have developed a pretty good Rolodex. ↗

— John Sculley

#good #i #over #pretty #pretty good

We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves. I wish for all this to be marked on by body when I am dead. I believe in such cartography - to be marked by nature, not just to label ourselves on a map like the names of rich men and women on buildings. We are communal histories, communal books. We are not owned or monogamous in our taste or experience. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#death #experience #relationships #death

It's a phenomenon that we don't really understand. ↗

— Russell Johnson

#really #understand

Xenial' is a word which refers to the giving of gifts to strangers. . . . I know that having a good vocabulary doesn't guarantee that I'm a good person. . . . But it does mean I've read a great deal. And in my experience, well-read people are less likely to be evil. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#experience

All architects want to live beyond their deaths. ↗

— Philip Johnson

#architects #beyond #deaths #live #their