Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
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I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't know. I'm not an analyst, and they're not in psychotherapy. Unless it's a film where they're in therapy.
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
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I wasn't hugely popular at school. In fact, I was bullied at school.
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There's nothing fun about 30 people standing around watching you, like, pretend to pleasure someone. Nothing enjoyable about it, believe me.
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I just love the hours of the theatre, I love the way it operates. I always say that when you're doing a play it's like getting a shot of B12, and when you do television for a long series you need a shot of B12.
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The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you've known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family? Being with your friends? A fishing trip? A hunting trip? A night's sleep?
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I'm not a straight man, but I play one on television.
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Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.
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I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.
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I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political.
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My own experience, though, as a business executive and as a governor, tells me that businesses are interested in a lot more than a low tax rate when they decide where to locate.
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I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.
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A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
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You have no choice but to operate in a world shaped by globalization and the information revolution. There are two options: adapt or die.
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Making a Different Choice Gives You the Opportunity to Live a Different Life.
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I don't think it's very easy to make friends with musicians. We're all a bit paranoid. It soon becomes very heavy.
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Faith means wanting God and wanting to want nothing else.
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It's always the organizations that are resource constrained that come up with the good ideas to win.
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
