Tom Johnson quotes
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“Discipline means looking beyond the appearance, beyond that which is visible and acknowledging one Infinite Cause.”
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“Learning is a process whereby a human being, or group, or organization, or society comes to understand and embody nature's patterns.”
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“So much of my self worth was tied with my position. It felt like I was being enveloped in darkness. It was a sense of loss of enthusiasm, a loss of happiness, a significant decline in self worth.”
-- Tom JohnsonSource : "Stress, depression and the CEO" by Rhonda Rowland, www.cnn.com. March 1, 2002.
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“Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development.”
-- Tom JohnsonSource : Source: ravenswoodpublishing.blogspot.com
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“Probably the best way to describe my writing style is to refer you to "purple prose", which was a tag given to the early mass market magazine writers earning a half cent a word for their fiction. They had to use every adjective, verb and adverb in the English language to add word count to stories in order to feed and support families.”
-- Tom JohnsonSource : Source: ravenswoodpublishing.blogspot.com
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“I was raised in farm and ranch communities, and my dad wanted me to be a cowboy like him, but I saw how he struggled in life and wanted more than that.”
-- Tom JohnsonSource : Source: ravenswoodpublishing.blogspot.com
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“The military offered the opportunity to see the world, and meet other people and learn new customs. Plus, the Army taught soldiers discipline. The life I experienced in the service was an education I could never have obtained as a cowboy.”
-- Tom JohnsonSource : Source: ravenswoodpublishing.blogspot.com
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“Don't get me wrong, God Bless the farmers and cowboys. It just wasn't the life I wanted. When writing stories of other lands, I can describe people and places from actual experience. And for someone with an imagination like me, I could see dinosaurs and lost civilizations in the jungle of Vietnam.”
-- Tom JohnsonSource : Source: ravenswoodpublishing.blogspot.com
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“You can't be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.”
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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“Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds.”
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“Believers in political faith-healing enjoy a supreme immunity from doubt.”
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“I was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life.”
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