Samuel Johnson Quotes
But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
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If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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I find it hard to be labelled in this new 'super-rich' category because we all grew up with very little. The idea that 'to get rich is glorious' is really a new phenomenon. I certainly didn't grow up like that.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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We should allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines. That will create a true 50-state national marketplace which will drive down the cost of low-cost, catastrophic health insurance.
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This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
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Eighteenth-century matrons would have never have dreamed of appointing a redhaired wet nurse for their precious offspring - redheads passed on their horrible characters through their milk.
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A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands.
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In 1993, when I landed in Zimbabwe, there were just 10 psychiatrists in that country of 10 million people. Nine of the 10 were foreigners who spoke no regional language.
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I'm brilliant at cooking my stepmother's scrambled egg recipe. The secret is to put eggs, butter, milk, and seasoning together in the saucepan, and to keep stirring with a wooden spoon under a low heat until the preferred consistency is reached.
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I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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I would say that to put architecture in the chain of history, to be able to interpret and understand why we are where we are, is quite crucial.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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Jazz is progressive, and it's alive.
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We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.
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Belize pledges it continued support to the aspirations of the 23 million people of Taiwan to be full participants in all organs and agencies of the international community.
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Cute girls and burgers. What more can you ask for? That's why we live in America.
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The players get no respect around here. They give you money, that's it, not respect. We get constantly dogged and players from other teams love to see that. That's why nobody wants to play here.
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Always, I seemed to just miss out. Why, I wasn't even the most valuable senior athlete in my high school in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
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I think it's a common misconception in the civilian community that the military community is filled with just drills and discipline and pain. They forget that these are humans who are in an abnormal situation.
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For every age there is a popular idea about what madness is, what causes it, and how a mad person should look and behave; and it's usually these popular ideas, rather than those of medical professionals, that turn up in songs and stories and plays and books.
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But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
