Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
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I used to, in the summertime, spend so much money doing a lot of fun stuff. Now, I'm actually consciously trying to save so we can live how we want to live after basketball. I've even sold a few things.
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The U.S. economy and workers benefit from a strong, healthy relationship between government and business.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.
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What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
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Ben Roethlisberger is a proven winner in athletic competition. But the measure of a true leader is how they conduct themselves 24/7, not just during a winning touchdown drive or a goal-line stance. Leadership isn't something that gets switched off because the game clock expires.
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I'm like a mechanic. If you break down and phone the AA, they'll come to you whether it's raining or snowing. That's what an actor should do.
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Every day in the year there comes some malice into the world, and where it comes from is no good place.
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Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.
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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
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Mothers who work full time - they're the real heroes.
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I tend to mostly take the day off from working on Sundays, but I do spend some time reading. Mostly what I'm picking up is what's in stores. I really do love to read fiction from the last year or two.
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We never wore burkas because Somalis had our own culture.
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You kind of forget he's Peter Jackson in a way because he's so normal; he's lovely. It's like having a friend direct you, except it's Peter Jackson.
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The image of Russian troops pouring into Ukraine and encircling military units in Crimea has been a wake-up call that will reverberate for a generation.
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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.
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As we got older, we grew comfortable in roles that met our parents' expectations. Nora was the smart one. Delia, the comedian. I was the pretty, obedient one. And Amy was the adventurous mischief-maker.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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Speechless, castaway, and wry, a spellbound oddity am I. My feet are planted in the clay, my gaze is locked upon the sky.
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A Russia that gradually begins to gravitate toward the West will also be a Russia that ceases to disrupt the international system.
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Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I'm playing.
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Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.
