Samuel Johnson Quotes
I am inclined to believe that few attacks either of ridicule or invective make much noise, but by the help of those they provoke.
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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Human attention is limited, and a massive number of newly browsable books from the long tail necessarily compete with the biggest best-sellers, just as cable siphons audience from the major networks, and just as the Web pulls viewers from TV.
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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
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I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you make that night.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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The one problem with the Internet for journalists who like doing long form is that any story that's going to involve 16 screens on the web page... that's asking a lot of people.
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We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.
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You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.
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I would say our sound is soul pop.
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To me, there is nothing but puerility in a tale in which the human form – and local human passions and conditions and standards – are depicted as native to other worlds and universes.
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I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and myths.
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I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.
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I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.
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Hats look exactly the same. There's no difference between The Writing Hat and The Acting Hat.
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I think that if you can't be loyal to the Church, it's best to get out.
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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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I prefer Los Angeles just because I live there and my family's there. But I think New York is just kind of the center of the world.
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I love to fly. I always wanted to fly. It's been one of my dreams since I was 3 years old. I remember saying to my mom, 3 years old, every day, 'I can fly!' Living on the ninth floor, it was dangerous.
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People are only influenced in the direction in which they want to go, and influence consists largely in making them conscious of their wishes to proceed in that direction.
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I believe that you should move and eat right.
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The world is part of us, and we are part of the world. Even through the smallest acts, we can demonstrate that. I believe in the human spirit, in the kindness in all of us, and I am hopeful for this world.
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I am inclined to believe that few attacks either of ridicule or invective make much noise, but by the help of those they provoke.
