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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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 was actually a Cowboys fan.
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I don't think massification and globalization and all those other 'izations' are necessarily hostile to regionalism.
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We have to have films about action and violence and special effects. That's the sad part, but you know what? It's not me doing it.
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I've never been a really big fan of theatre. I don't know why. It's so much for effort. It's much more difficult for me than stage acting just because of the pressure that's piled on you and you have to learn the entire performance by heart.
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Whenever education and refinement carry us away from the common people, they are growing towards selfishness, which is the monster evil of the world. That is true cultivation which gives us sympathy with every form of human life, and enables us to work most successfully for its advancement. Refinement that carries us away from our fellow people is not God's refinement.
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I believe how you measure a good movie is how many times you can see it. With comedies, I like to be a producer, because comedies can get corny and go off track real fast. I'm always the 'less is more' guy when it comes to a scene. So I'ma be the one who will keep it grounded.
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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.
