Samuel Johnson Quotes
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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I feel like most creative people are total freaks.
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I'm always about, 'What is the most productive version of what I'm putting into the world?' Something that can be engaged by all folks. I don't have to change everyone.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed.
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I felt that Balanchine was my father towards me. He was the person I most admired and looked up to.
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What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.
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He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.
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The most intense curiosity and excitement prevailed, and though the weather was uncertain, enormous masses of densely packed people lined the road, shouting and waving hats and handkerchiefs as we flew by them.
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The identification of the genes which determine biological phenomena and the study of the control they exert on these phenomena has proven to be the most successful approach to a detailed understanding of the mechanism of biological processes.
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I was fascinated by mortality. Most people are, even if they don't admit it.
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Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
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I invited a group of students to my studio to expose them to both the creative and business sides of the fashion industry. It was fun because the group was so bright and full of curiosity. They asked really challenging questions about all aspects of the business and absorbed so much information so quickly.
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A zombie apocalypse isn't the most jovial situation.
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world.
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Get there first with the most.
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Insensibility, of all kinds, and on all occasions, most moves my imperial displeasure.
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Most people think I'm immodest.
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I have an inate curiosity about people.
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When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
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Sometimes it is claimed by those who argue that race is just a social construct that the human genome project shows that because people share roughly 99% of their genes in common, that there are no races. This is silly.
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When a company is facing a problem, it always takes a stance and takes a decision, but at the same time it wants to make sure of what it can learn from it, what enhancements it can make.
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I have tremendous respect for teens who navigate the quagmire that is modern religion. If there is any message in my books, I want it to be that it's okay to ask questions, and it's okay to come up with a belief system all your own. Teens who change their worldviews in the face of tremendous social pressure are heroes to me.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
