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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From a person whose living depends on other people buying her creative work, this may sound odd, but one of my favorite things about the steampunk subculture is its do-it-yourself attitude.
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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
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I often tell people when you make a mistake, you not only hurt yourself, but you hurt the ones that love you.
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I don't express a lot of things that I feel; I kind of register things.
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I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went to private high school, I found myself spending much time in parent groups worrying about alcohol, unsupervised parties, and parents not being parents. We've got to send messages to our kids about what is important.
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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.
