Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed one of the most thrilling emotions which the human heart may experience.


James Weldon Johnson

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I'll always be a party monster. I'll always love getting dressed up.
JAMES ST. JAMES
As for my identity within the context of New York nightlife? I left in the '90s, so I'm not ...
JAMES ST. JAMES
I was definitely the oddball freak show in school.
JAMES ST. JAMES
When my trust fund ran out, I panicked. I have a lot of admiration for the kids who come to the big ...
JAMES ST. JAMES
I think that when you are a teenager, it's the smartest you will ever be in your life. Teenagers...
JAMES ST. JAMES
Watch out for the average--they're usually hiding something big.
JAMES ST. JAMES
There are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free...
JAMES ST. JAMES
There was a time, in the not so distant past, that if you didn't have what you needed on Thanksg...
MONICA JOHNSON
I don't know if I have a brand. I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who ju...
ZACH JOHNSON
I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career.
ZACH JOHNSON
I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to ge...
ZACH JOHNSON
When I'm off the golf course, and my wife and I have free time, which is not very often, we real...
ZACH JOHNSON
I'm not the most charismatic, maybe emotional, fun-packed individual on the golf course; I get t...
ZACH JOHNSON
My boring, mundane, diligent kind of golf works sometimes. Actually, it works all the time. And some...
ZACH JOHNSON
I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it...
ZACH JOHNSON
I'm a Christian guy, and when it comes to my priorities, it's the utmost. For me, just to ca...
ZACH JOHNSON
There are a bunch of places to stay in Des Moines, but I'd suggest finding a place on the west s...
ZACH JOHNSON
Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot...
ZACH JOHNSON
Elmcrest CC, in Cedar Rapids, is where it all started when I was growing up. The tree-lined course h...
ZACH JOHNSON
I have no superstitions. I don't have to have a Sunday outfit. I don't have socks or underwe...
ZACH JOHNSON
Some people thought I'd be on the PGA Tour, that I'd win tournaments, play in majors, conten...
ZACH JOHNSON
The Zach Johnson Foundation, for my wife and I, is very much a part of what we do and why we do what...
ZACH JOHNSON
Early in the winter of 2002, I gave my life to the Lord. Before I was one, I always thought being a ...
ZACH JOHNSON
I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted...
ZACH JOHNSON
I play golf for a living. I'm grateful for that. It's a beautiful game, provides a great opp...
ZACH JOHNSON
When you're trying to accomplish lofty goals, and when you're attacking something of great m...
ZACH JOHNSON
I've got a great support system, starting with my wife and family, to my agent, my instructor, a...
ZACH JOHNSON
You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to se...
ZACH JOHNSON
I'm kind of a grinder. I'm a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights.
ZACH JOHNSON
I'm a foodie. I enjoy it a lot, and contrary to what it looks, I eat a lot. My comfort food, of ...
ZACH JOHNSON
Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go...
ZACH JOHNSON
I like to look good on the golf course.
ZACH JOHNSON
Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.
SHAWN JOHNSON
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own...
SAMUEL JOHNSON
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship i...
SAMUEL JOHNSON
Love is only one of many passions.
SAMUEL JOHNSON