Samuel Johnson Quotes
Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary.
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I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.
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I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever thought I would do. I could never have imagined the career that I've had with the Foo Fighters - playing stadiums and having songs on the radio. It's amazing, and my goal is really just to carry on playing.
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What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.
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September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.
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I just developed my act way back in the late '80s. I went to college in Georgia, so I picked up the Southern accent. I talked like that with my friends all the time, because it was fun. It was funny... All my friends were real Southern. We're buddies, so I'd say stuff to make them laugh. So that was pretty much it.
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Menon the Thessalian did not either conceal his immoderate desire of riches or his desire of commanding, in order to increase them, or of being esteemed for the same reason. He desired to be well with those in power, that his injustice might escape punishment.
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I came from drama school, and it's a group of 18 people working together in every single production and splitting up the roles for three years, so I am very much about the team.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.
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I write novels and other things.
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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
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A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.
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I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.
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You'll see me on 'Top Chef' someday. My Midwestern hospitality needs an outlet, you know?
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My parents worked in the film industry, but they both worked behind the camera, so I like to think that I have a really good understanding of how all the parts of the puzzle come together to make a film or TV show.
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It would have been easy for me to bring out a real cheesy pop song, but 'Please Don't Let Me Go' isn't your typical 'X Factor' single, and it's a grower, not a shower.
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There are so many aspects to science that I couldn't give up – the rigor, the discoveries, the teaching. The impact that science has on the world around us is something I'm enthralled with. I don't think anyone could ever take that out of me.
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I was for civil unions and believed strongly that the flow of benefits and protections that would be provided in a civil union for same-sex couples, the decisions that have to be made, when health hardships are faced, when economic hardships are faced, I wanted all of those protections. I never strayed from them.
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The United States is a beautiful place, you know?
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What is it that you most fear hearing about your work?
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We need to create a free trade zone among different labs in Boston. Private benefit goes hand in hand with enlightened public interest.
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Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition.
