Samuel Johnson Quotes
Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.
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Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
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Losing a child is probably the singular most horrible thing.
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It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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My son Darrel could recite 'Straight Outta Compton' at two years old. He loved it! You can expose your kids to anything as long as you sit there and explain it to them.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
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I want to do whatever I can to survive.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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Mentorship is really important. I really like to talk to people who have been in the music industry much longer than me about artists' block, things I'm struggling with, or the music business. It's really important for artists to have a community. Sometimes you can feel quite isolated.
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I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
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Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.
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A weed is but an unloved flower.
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The first time probably people really were aware of me, I unfortunately had the title of Showtime's Funniest Person in America. And that's a really tough title to travel around with when you're not even known.
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I used to be Amish. I had to stay a lot with my grandparents or aunts and uncles who are Amish, so I was sort of partially Amish. When I go back there now I still get into that culture. I can drive a horse and buggy because they don't use cars. And, of course, there's no electricity. I respect them a lot. The Amish like to live a very plain lifestyle, the way they think God intended. It sort of brings you back to like Little House on the Prairie days or something.
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Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
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Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.
