"A mind devoid of prepossessions is likely to……" — Allen Johnson
"A mind devoid of prepossessions is likely to be devoid of all mental furniture. And the historian who thinks that he can clean his mind as he would a slate with a wet sponge, is ignorant of the simplest facts of mental life."
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11 Quotes by Allen Johnson
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It's about stepping up on the big stage. The athlete who can do that is goig to do well.
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We want to live a simple life, ... I want to emphasize I'm not an environmentalist who goes to church.…
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You just get injured more often. You take time off, you come back, you get injured again and you never…
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People often remain in the dark, not due to lack of light but of failure to open their eyes.
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At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the…
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We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on Earth to see it isn't ruined.
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I am as hungry now as I was when I began in the sport. If anything, I am probably a…
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The thing about getting older is the injuries. You just get injured more often. You take time off, you come…
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His unit is in charge of 5,000 homes, and they've only been able to search about 2 percent of them.…
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The earth is the Lord's. Psalm 24 basically says the earth is God's property. We have been given the privilege…
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