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 a child I found railroad stations exciting, mysterious, and even beautiful, as indeed they often were.
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We can probably put those concerns to rest,
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We got permission from the two churches because this their land. Then we went to the historical society and the city council to get permission.
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We'll see in a few weeks how much separation there is. I'd like to have a good idea who the No. 1 and No. 2 are coming out of spring.
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The question is now when they are going to move him to another room.
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We came up short and didn't produce anything like what we're capable of,
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We don't have a playbook. I found that if you have playbooks, they end up on eBay and everywhere else.
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We're starting over. This team hasn't done anything yet.
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We're looking at Maryland for what it is, ... A season opener that we want to win.
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We're seeing consistency in pricing strategies. This shouldn't change that.
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The purpose of trying to attract these type of investors isn't necessarily to increase commission revenue but to get control over their assets. Presumably, these active investors have significant assets. That's the real goal of E*Trade.
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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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Germany's Angela Merkel exudes an atmosphere of elderly exhaustion and pooped-out pessimism. Britain's David Cameron, though by nature exuberant, feels he has to look and sound glum. And France's leader, Francois Hollande, seems determined to drive every successful businessman out of the country.
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In all its myriad manifestations, the language of anti-Semitism through the ages is a dictionary of non-sequiturs and antonyms, a thesaurus of illogic and inconsistency.