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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We have to have a plan to try and counter that. We know that if we don't come and play really hard and with a lot of intensity that we'll get embarrassed. And we don't like to get embarrassed.
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Where the quest for knowledge is relatively, and now almost absolutely, unrestrained, the public benefit will be great, especially where the certainty of the law ensures that knowledge is rewarded. This is exactly the combination that is the foundation of wealth-creation.
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I think there's a couple of reasons: One, I don't think they understand it. I think they see it and hear 'option' and think that's 3 yards and a cloud of dust, which couldn't be further from the truth.
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It was like a tribal ritual for surfers to go to these dances to see Dick and the other bands.
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That's one of the neat things about the academy. They're all guaranteed a job when they graduate.
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In the past, the U.S. has shown its capacity to reinvent its gifts for leadership. During the 1970s, in the aftermath of the Nixon abdication and the Ford and Carter presidencies, the whole nation peered into the abyss, was horrified by what it saw and elected Ronald Reagan as president, which began a national resurgence.
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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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Brian has shown some ability. He needs to work on making good decisions. We'll see how he reacts to in-your-face.
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For the same reason Ascend wanted Stratus' technology, Lucent is also interested.
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Like many physical diseases, anti-Semitism is highly infectious, and can become endemic in certain localities and societies. Though a disease of the mind, it is by no means confined to weak, feeble, or commonplace intellects; as history sadly records, its carriers have included men and women of otherwise powerful and subtle thoughts.
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I'm not going to throw (Owens) out of practice because he's accused of something. Lamar is helping out. This is somewhat of a getaway for him. He can come out here and get away from things for a while.
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I think it's really more a tribute to what the Naval Academy's all about. We're fortunate here in San Diego that we have some military bases and a lot of people are stationed in the area, and hopefully they're proud of what's going on at the academy.
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I'd like to get one win, ... I'm not thinking about getting six wins.
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I don't see how we could not do this. The homework has been done. The (budgetary) needs we're going to face this year are astronomical.