Samuel Johnson Quotes
My friend was of opinion that when a man of rank appeared in that character as an author, he deserved to have his merit handsomely allowed.
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Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy.
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Just look at 'K-pop' - who would've expected American fans to embrace it? It's really cool to be one of those artists who can break through the American market. I'm not trying to conquer America; I just want to make music and see if people like it.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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Creation's highest aim and most sublime result is belief in God. The most exalted rank of humanity is knowledge of God.
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When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she's just the best.
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I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.
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Sometimes when you're writing a song and that song comes into your head, it definitely comes from somewhere, like a real experience.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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The work environment on 'Battlestar Galactica' is unbelievable, and it's something that doesn't come along very often.
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Even before it opened its retail arm, Beigh was renowned among pashmina cognoscenti for the quality and complexity of the work produced in its workshop, a large, airy, sunlit rectangle of a room directly across from its second-floor shop.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.
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I hate recording all the shows for the week in one day, because I want to be able to mention current events and pop culture. If Madonna punches Britney in the face today, I want to reference that on 'Wine Library TV' tomorrow. Monday's episode is always the best, because it's hot off the press.
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I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
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Prohibition of substances which give pleasure to people does not work. Addiction is a health problem, not a moral one, and there are many proven strategies which can reduce its burden.
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
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This feeling of not belonging to the same sensation which grips you in a dream, you find yourself walking through an unfamiliar district. On waking you realize, little by little, that the pattern of its streets had overlaid with the one with which, in day time, you are familiar.
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All hopes of eternity and all gain from the past he would have given to have her there, to be wrapped warm with him in one blanket, and sleep, only sleep. It seemed the sleep with the woman in his arms was the only necessity.
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You can’t tell real from a rutabaga.
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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I'd have sex with a number of the Muppets. I just don't talk about it publicly. It's private. Although a hint is, that there was a character in Elmo in Grouchland who was called 'My Lady' and that's all I'll say.
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My friend was of opinion that when a man of rank appeared in that character as an author, he deserved to have his merit handsomely allowed.
