#were

Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a person as if he were where he could be and should be, and he will become what he could be and should be. ↗

— Jimmy Johnson

#could #person #remain #should #treat

That's a traditional Samoan dance. I was lucky that I was able to fly my cousins, who are professional dancers, up from Hawaii and they were able to be in the movie with me. We had a great time. ↗

— Dwayne Johnson

#cousins #dance #dancers #fly #great

I was brought up as an only child, and we were very close. But when I was 14, we got evicted. We came home to a padlock, and I looked up at my mom and she was crying, and there was nothing to do. ↗

— Dwayne Johnson

#came #child #close #crying #got

What was important to me was entertaining the audience, and whether that meant winning, losing, singing, or whatever it was on the live show we were doing every week, which was awesome, I was game for it. ↗

— Dwayne Johnson

#awesome #doing #entertaining #every #game

Our first phase was inviting all the women Ambassadors who were here from other countries and trying to get in touch with all the peace centers around the country in order to focus on increasing the volume and activity toward peace. ↗

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

#around #centers #countries #country #first

Right after 9/11 there was a magazine with a cover of kids, mostly 12-14 year-olds, who were being trained for military combat. I thought that this had just gone too far. ↗

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

#being #combat #cover #far #gone

Although we were The Spice Girls of 1984 in Europe, My work has never been widely promoted in the U.S. ↗

— Holly Johnson

#been #europe #never #promoted #spice

We have such a high drop-out rate from musicians, said the head of the college. He was right - I dropped out before I even dropped in. Months later they were still asking what had happened to me, not realising that I was on a UK tour. ↗

— Holly Johnson

#before #college #drop-out #dropped #even

My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were - they still are - great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#christian #example #examples #family #father

I don't plan on going back to legal work. I wanted an international career, and finance seemed to be where some interesting career opportunities were. ↗

— Nick Johnson

#career #career opportunities #finance #going #i