Samuel Johnson Quotes
A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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Free people make the only milieu possible in society for the full gift of one's self to church, state, and family. Free people enjoy and sustain and feel with one another because they live for one another. The paths of life are intermingled lives.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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The one characteristic of authentic power that most people overlook is humbleness. It is important for many reasons. A humble person walks in a friendly world. He or she sees friends everywhere he or she looks, wherever he or she goes, whomever he or she meets. His or her perception goes beyond the shell of appearance and into essence.
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Women are not all single-issue voters.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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My sister married an American and took his name, and my brother has shortened Sayrafiezadeh to Sayraf. So now he's Jacob Sayraf, or sometimes Jake Sayraf. He made the change when he was a teenager, prior to the Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis. So I don't think it was motivated by any anti-Iranian sentiment in the United States.
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On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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I feel like, as a celebrity, I have a responsibility to tell important stories.
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It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.
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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
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If you don't vote, you don't count.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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Look, maybe I'm just not good at multi-tasking and am, therefore, jealous of those of you who can get in a workout while yammering on your cell phone, but for the love of all that is good and pure, shut your yap!
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I know where I want to get to, and I know where I want to be still in my career.
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I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
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Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in Chicago and what a good culture we've got. You can have a pretty wonderful artistic life and never leave Chicago.
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There's no downside to traveling the world and making money. I'm doing something I love. A lot of people have sucky jobs, but I have a good one, and I'm not trying to lose it any time soon.
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It's good to have a little distance. If you discuss your love too much, it just damages it.
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How is AIDS research to progress when the premise of science is questioning but the premise of questioning HIV is considered so dangerous that even venturing into the facts is too great a risk?
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I know not to let myself get distracted and to concentrate on what happens on the pitch.
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A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
