Samuel Johnson Quotes
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I don't like the blame game, though.
Barbara Bush -
The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
Frances Beinecke -
It is easy to see what many people, women especially, admire about Sarah Palin. Here is a mother of five who can see the bright side of having a child with Down syndrome and still find the time and energy to govern the state of Alaska.
Sam Harris -
I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
Aby Rosen -
I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
R. J. Cutler -
I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
Patricia Norris
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
Edsger Dijkstra -
I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.
Barbara Eden -
Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
Walter Lippmann -
I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
Taylor Swift -
If ever you wish to meet intellectual frauds in quantity, go to Paris.
V. S. Naipaul -
I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
Saina Nehwal
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I'm not in demand. I'm all washed up.
Sam Shepard -
If you look at the polling around climate change in this country before 'Sandy', that was kind of the low point in terms of Americans believing that climate change was real and that humans were causing it.
Naomi Klein -
Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
N. Murray Edwards -
Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.
Samantha Power -
Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women.
Yoko Ono -
Great teams argue. Not in a mean-spirited or personal way, but they disagree when important decisions are made.
Patrick Lencioni
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My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.
Paloma Faith -
With all respect, why do you give crap countries a vote?
Sacha Baron Cohen -
When my world record got broken in 1999, it hurt a little bit, to say the least. But I was in a leg brace at the time and I had just had knee surgery and I couldn't do anything about it.
Dan O'Brien -
Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libation or prayer.
John Wesley Powell -
Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.
Samuel Johnson