Samuel Johnson Quotes
Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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My films are of paramount importance to me, the same as my family. That's not going to change. This is a balance I have to strike throughout my life.
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Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists.
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If you can shrug off a loss, you can't be a winner.
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Good argument is intended to persuade another.
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I learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed if he or she follows his or her own culture.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.
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'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
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My biggest influences as an actor were Marlon Brando, and I really dug James Dean.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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We enjoy change and freshness, and disco was only one area we've delved into.
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I'm more frightened than interested by artificial intelligence - in fact, perhaps fright and interest are not far away from one another. Things can become real in your mind, you can be tricked, and you believe things you wouldn't ordinarily. A world run by automatons doesn't seem completely unrealistic any more. It's a bit chilling.
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Music is such a problem in the time it takes.
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I certainly felt like my life had been enriched and had also changed forever when I took 'In A World...' to Sundance.
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I've done a contract with my district. I have term-limited myself. I am not taking the pension. I am not taking pay raises, and my family and I are bringing our own health care to Washington, D.C. And my dad taught me as a kid to lead by example - Congress should not have anything better than the American people.
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Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
