Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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I know that one of the distinguishing things was I looked like I could hold a gun, even though I'd never held one before and I'm physically able to do the martial arts and all that stuff.
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I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.
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Peacemaking and democratic state-building require blood and magic.
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I feel like I've exhausted guys and male friendships.
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The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.
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Color is born of the interpenetration of light and dark.
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One of the biggest things I learned was that it's OK to be nervous and admit that you're having a hard time.
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
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In the egoic state, your sense of self, your identity, is derived from your thinking mind - in other words, what your mind tells you about yourself: the storyline of you, the memories, the expectations, all the thoughts that go through your head continuously and the emotions that reflect those thoughts. All those things make up your sense of self.
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The Queen was really thrilled that we'd had a little girl, and when we came back here to Kensington, she was one of her first visitors.
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The notion of 'reduce and refine' is one I've pursued. I truly believe that by making things less complex, by finding innovative ways to make sustainability affordable, we can advance the notion that it is possible.
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When I'm filming, it's in the contract - 'No kiteboarding' - ha ha.
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I wasn't a sex symbol, I was a sex zombie.
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My dad had been an ardent amateur photographer, and he taught me to compose a photograph from the back to the front, and then populate the picture.
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It always struck me that Africa was, in a strange way, a futuristic place and had elements and vibes and spirits that were going to inform the future. Africa Express is an attempt to engage that power outside Africa, and for everyone to benefit from it.
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As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.
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It eventually appeared to be me, cinematically. When I was writing it I was actually an author, you know, writing a book. ... But there certainly is a difference in energy between a younger man and an older man.
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There is not much we can say with absolute confidence about the early church, but we can be fairly sure that the first Christians would not have dreamed of making a likeness of Jesus.
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I know this sounds phony, but I don't start out on a project going, 'I'm going to make an emotional work,' you know what I mean? You try to tell the story directly and honestly and with passion.
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$3,000 from a residual cheque was all I made one year.
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Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay he seeks to reshape it into a figure; yet it is the same with this art as with all others: only the capacity for it is innate; the art itself must be learned and painstakingly practiced.
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Pleasure of itself is not a vice.
