Samuel Johnson Quotes
Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything.
Samuel Johnson
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If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
Carl Levin
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Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
Mae Jemison
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My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
T. J. Miller
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I am prepared to do whatever I can do and whatever is reasonable to make sure that it is Hillary who makes it to the White House and not Trump.
J. B. Pritzker
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
R. L. Stine
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I never edit the songs that come out. And they tend to come out as a whole. The closest thing I have ever done to editing them is just cutting out a verse, but never rewriting lyrics.
Laura Marling
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If you have a coach helping you, developing your skills alongside you, that's when you're on your way to becoming not just a participant but achieving.
Lynn Davies
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And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.
Mark Strand
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It was a marriage of convenience, as my father had a blister on his big toe and couldn't travel far to find a girl.
W. C. Fields
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Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
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The smartest people I know have that extra edge. The risk is always there that you'll look terribly undignified and slobbering, and inside I cringe about that, but I should be more aggressive.
Embeth Davidtz
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Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything.
Samuel Johnson
