Samuel Johnson Quotes
No man is much pleased with a companion, who does not increase, in some respect, his fondness for himself.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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Everything we do, even the slightest thing we do, can have a ripple effect and repercussions that emanate. If you throw a pebble into the water on one side of the ocean, it can create a tidal wave on the other side.
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I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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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.
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Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
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I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
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During the summer months of my high-school years, I befriended Dr. Robert Kough, a physician who cared for members of my family. Although he was practicing general medicine in a rural community when I met him, he was well equipped to arouse in me an interest not only in the life of a physician but in the fundaments of human biology.
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The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
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I would never wear anything too revealing. I'm not a fan of dresses where you look nude... I think that looks a bit desperate.
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You are the man newly arrivingat history’s worm-ravaged door,the woman whose shadows are salvesupon the bleeding breasts of the earth,the infant whose heartbeatfloods every harp in Paradise.
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Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult.
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If you can't get cell phone service in your living room, then your particular provider is failing you. You should have the option to find a network that does work.
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Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow.
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I'm not really trying to be a stand-up comedian. I have a huge amount of respect for the guys who do it. That's their livelihood. That's their job. It's just something that I enjoy.
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No man is much pleased with a companion, who does not increase, in some respect, his fondness for himself.
