Samuel Johnson Quotes
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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The Ebola epidemic was the most frightening outbreak I have witnessed in my lifetime, and I believe it was necessary to react globally as strongly as we did.
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I don't separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they're all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of curiosity, some investigation into the past.
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I never felt the need to introduce all the obstacles in my past when I say, 'Hello, my name is Nate.' But at the same time, I've never hidden from it.
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It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad.
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I definitely at times notice a difference in service when I go out. You know, I can walk in to grab a cup of coffee or walk in to have lunch or dinner, and people definitely seem on their best behavior, which is funny, or I start to see people clean up around me, which I always find really, really amusing.
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Not one man has ever sacrificed for his Lord without being richly repaid. If the cross is only contrasted with earthly pleasures lost, it may seem hard and threatening. But when the cross is weighed in the balances with the glorious treasures to be had through it, even the cross seems sweet.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
