Samuel Johnson Quotes
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like I grew up in the circus. I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people.
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I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head.
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When I found out about the audition, I knew that I was going in for 'From Dusk Till Dawn,' but I actually didn't know that I was going to be reading with Robert Rodriguez.
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The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.
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I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't.
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I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything.
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Music is my way out. I keep things locked up and never say anything. I guess in order to say something to one person, I have to sing it to a couple of thousand. It doesn't make for healthy relationships.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.
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Know or listen to those who know.
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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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We know that the elements in play in a show like 'Confederate' are much more raw, much more real, and people come into them much more sensitive and more invested, than they do with a story about a place called 'Westeros,' which none of them had ever heard of before they read the books or watched the show.
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I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.
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We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he'd never let them get to Moscow. But if he was wrong, they'd go back to the Urals and fight. They'd never surrender.
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My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover.
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I never worked in an office in my life.
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The ability to select stocks, manage them over time and know when to sell them is incredibly difficult, even for professional fund managers.
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Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
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Life isn't about how popular you are. What girl or boy you are dating or who you know. Life is about always being true to who you are or what you believe in. Never let anyone convince you that their way is better than your way. In the end all we have is our hearts.. and our minds. This is the reason we sing.. this is the reason we cry... this is why we live.
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Labels fund things and have resources for you to use. But just because you sign doesn't mean you sign yourself away so they can then tell you what to do. You need to have a plan yourself before they do.
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I've gotten used to the point where I'm so used to being sweaty! I like to wear less makeup and be tougher!
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I worry that people think you have to go to a university to be a good writer, which is categorically untrue. I don't think I learned how to write at Oxford. I did not go to any creative writing classes or anything.
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We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
