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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I think if you're too concerned with being cool or hip or liked, you can't really make good TV because sincerity and coolness are opposites.
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Unfortunately, it is all too often true that suppressors to a creative action must be removed before construction and creation takes place. Any person very high on the Tone Scale may level destruction toward a suppressor.
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As long as one believes in philosophy, one is healthy; sickness begins when one starts to think.
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Obey your bishop! "Obey those set over you [Heb 13:17]," the teachers of the Church... I remind you, my dear friends, of what I said when I was with you: do not receive any outside or unknown preacher, unless he be sent by your bishop or preaches with the permission of the pope. For "how shall they preach unless they are sent [Rom 10:15]?"
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Pleasure of itself is not a vice.
