Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson
British journalist, author, and historian who edited the New Statesman and penned over forty works, including the 1959 novel, Left of Centre, and the 1997 non-fiction work, A History of the American People. He also wrote four works on art and architecture and two memoirs.
NationalityBritish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth2 November 1928
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As I have said before, they have 65 Parade All-Americans and we have 65 men who have marched in a parade.
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Essentially, what they argued is that Cisco has grown through acquisitions, and people are valuing it at a very high price because of its growth.
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So sometimes it's hard to know who's got the ball.
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They're very incongruous, these great, big, sometimes 30-foot trees, in the middle of an otherwise barren landscape.
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You can't make anything out of that. The conditions were tough and we've got a lot of guys hurt. Both teams made enough mistakes to lose 10 times. Everybody's got a lot of work to do.
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There was some trucker guy and he said, 'How's the horses?' ... And I said, 'The horses are OK, but I'm about to run out of fuel.' So he let me siphon five gallons out of his truck. I don't know his name.
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There's a lot of guys on this team who could be captains. There's going to be far more leaders than two if we're going to be any good.
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There's a huge evolutionary shift going on in the biz. There's a richer array of windows for content than ever before, and that's why we decided to focus on mobile platform delivery at this event.
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You would have a hard time not listening to those people, ... I'm not saying it would necessarily influence the way a person voted. But it is human nature if a vast majority of your campaign has been paid for by a relatively few number of people who contributed to it, you listen to them.
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This is the first Emmy to be staged outside the USA and confirms our efforts to stay ahead of the curve as digital technology re-shapes our industry.
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The most intimidating world leader was Lyndon Johnson, who became U.S. President when John Kennedy was assassinated. He exulted in this power and liked to inspire fear.
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There are a lot of different ways to categorize leaders. There are guys who are good football players who haven't done so well in the hall. There are some guys who do great in the hall who may not be very good football players.
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That's two weeks in a row we've been in a game at the end and they made more plays that we did, ... We didn't get it done at the end. We need to find a way to win.