Samuel Johnson Quotes
I'll come no more behind your scenes, David Garrick; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities.
Quotes to Explore
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To be a great painter means to be a great poet: someone who transcends the limits of his language.
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Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation.
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One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.
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Our players are mad, but it's good mad.
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The competitive nature of most mums and dads is astounding. The fear they instil in our promising but sensitive Johnny is utterly depressing. We need a parental cultural revolution.
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As a GM Goodwrench Service Plus dealer, I understand how good service makes a difference to our customers.
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Shops are not a growing business, so it's a scary place to be.
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Creativity may be hard to nurture, but it's easy to thwart.
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Every orientation presupposes a disorientation.
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Your boss is only human and just wants the best from you.
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I have one of the worst voices in the history of recorded time.
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I like to think that I'm one of the few people in public life who write their own material. I write every word. And I really enjoy writing - especially my political commentary.
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I grew up listening to Nick Drake. Without him, I would not write music - and 'Pink Moon' is my favourite LP.
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My lyrics are my diary - you're hearing every detail of my life.
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My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.
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Comedy is basically self-deprecation.
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Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.
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I felt a sense of fulfillment that an action plan, which I'd laid on the table on the 2nd of February 1990, had been fulfilled, had been properly implemented within the time frame which I envisaged.
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'What is your favorite book?'
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I think it[3D] should be used as a new artistic form, not as a gimmick, not to impress you but the existence of an environment that you view as a theatrical dramatic experience is - you don't just have the X-Y axis, you have the Z and that makes a difference. You still have the framing, you still use lenses, so most of the cinematic rules and languages still apply but I think it's a different existence.
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It seems to me that you would have to write a novel on a very small, intimate scale for it not to become political.
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I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I'm like, don't let me miss the open door. Show me where the open door is.
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I'll come no more behind your scenes, David Garrick; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities.
