quotes about Johannesburg

“Rumor had it that he was homosexual; in reality, in recent years, he was simply a garden-variety alcoholic.”

“Bonar Law never led his Party. He was always looking over his shoulder to see if he was being followed.”

“Classical education has deformed everything, and has imposed upon us as geniuses men of correct, facile talent, who follow the beaten track.”

“On the acquisition of Louisiana, in the year 1803, the attention of the government of the United States, was early directed towards exploring and improving the new territory.”

Source : Meriwether Lewis (2012). “History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.”, p.46, tredition

“When I was eleven, I got cast in the last directorial project of Christopher Reeve.”

Source : "Switched at Birth: Q&A with Switched at Birth's Vanessa Marano". ABC Spark Interview, www.abcspark.ca. February 29, 2012.

“It has become the custom in our country to expect all Chief Executives, from the President down, to conduct activities analogous to an entertainment bureau. No occasion is too trivial for its promoters to invite them to attend and deliver an address.”

“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.”

“Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.”

“When I started to be a writer, I was not going to run the risk of boring you.”

“I watched 'Rocky' and 'Raging Bull' and 'Taxi Driver' over and over again. They spoke to you, man.”

Source : "And the winner is ..." by Craig McClean, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2005.