James Boswell Quotes
Nay, Sir, it was not the WINE that made your head ache, but the SENSE that I put into it' 'What, Sir! will sense make the head ache?' 'Yes, Sir, (with a smile,) when it is not used to it.
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I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever.
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Why not mix this and that? If soy goes well with fish, how come no one does beef carpaccio with soy? Why do we have such a taste and not another? It's all about culture. There is something, however, that I really don't like: bell peppers.
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Let your emotions come out. If your behavior is flat, your game will be flat, too.
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Pummeling an answer out of someone never works. You cannot intimidate someone with aggressive language and think they'll be more forthcoming... that's a caricature of interrogation, part of the TV culture of what it looks like.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.
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If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
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Disney's Tomorrowland is deeply, thoroughly, almost furiously unimaginative.
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Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.
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Guns are beautiful. But I don't like what they do.
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A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer.
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I didn't act in school. I didn't study acting, either. I learned everything when I got to New York.
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I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.
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Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
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There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads. My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home. I'm not allowed to get a big head; I've still got to do the simple things in life.
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Katrina did much more damage than anything the terrorists could ever put together.
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I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend, for when at worst, they say, things always mend.
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Women's roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It's the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and who were generals and soldiers.
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I think one of my first jokes - in the black community, there's people who have jokes about skin tone. People like, 'You so black, you purple.' 'You so black, you gotta smile so we can see you at night.'
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I don't smile as much as I should, even though I smile inside a lot.
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What if the Church and the State Are the mob that howls at the door! Wine shall run thick to the end, Bread taste sour.
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Nay, Sir, it was not the WINE that made your head ache, but the SENSE that I put into it' 'What, Sir! will sense make the head ache?' 'Yes, Sir, (with a smile,) when it is not used to it.
