James Boswell Quotes
I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson.
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It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.
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Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.
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Losing people is dark, but some things you just have to accept.
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I don't think I tell stories of tragedy. I think I tell stories of love. Even though you're full of tears, I hope that you leave the theatre with your heart feeling like it's going to explode out of your chest. And yes, you've been through the tragedy, but it's ultimately hope that I think you're left with.
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Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.
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So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.
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I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a better life for myself, for my son, so I should reflect that with my music now. I shouldn't still be rhyming like that; that would be me lying.
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When I was young, I'd fight everyone who insisted I'd be an actress. I'd say, 'No way. I'm going to be a veterinarian. I'm going to work at Wetzel's Pretzels.'
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Movies don't have borders.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
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Nabokov, who I loved more than any other writer when I was young, had such contempt for dialogue. When I was younger, I never wrote a word of dialogue because of him. I thought it was a childish part of a novel.
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If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have.
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Some people would like me to be round again.
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You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.
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Religion can be both good and bad - it is spirituality that counts.
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What a dawning appears to the man or woman who earnestly inquires, 'Who is living my life for me?' Am I really thinking for myself or am I unknowingly projecting acquired ideas which may be all wrong?
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On that day I had put a ban on TV channels because they were actually provoking trouble. But it was only for one day.
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Nothing's funny about someone who's successful.
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Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.
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I'm married to a white man, and then my daughter came out looking like the whitest white child with blonde hair and blue eyes. And I'm like, 'Omigosh, now what am I going to do?' She has my mom's features and is lighter than my husband. And my boy is browner than I am. Brown eyes and really tan.
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I listen to Christian music.
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We shot ourselves in the foot several times.
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I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson.
