Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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The secret of my success with Geraldine is that she's not a putdown of women. She's smart, she's trustful, she's loyal, she's sassy.
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But you know, I always said that no one else on my block was on the radio, and it was fun.
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V-necks are great because you can get a little fat and you still look kind of good - and I like to get fat sometimes, so it's nice. I like to fluctuate between the world of skinny and fat, so V-necks suit me well.
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I think to a certain extent, Clinton may have expected as the senior president that Obama would've reached out to him and asked for his council; he's done that very little. So, I think the relationship has not been good over the years.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.
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In the search for culpability for the tragedy in Ferguson, I mostly blame politicians.
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The partner that you have is supposed to make you a better person, and when you're happy, you're a better person.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.
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Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.
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Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?
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It was my mother who got me involved in gymnastics, sending me to classes when I was six just to stop me doing back flips on the couch and destroying the furniture.
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I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.
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Quality attracts quality. People want to be on a good show.
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Ali was a guy that had a lot of discipline. If you hung around him, you'd be able to get some of that discipline that he had. And I learned from that. He was a sweet man.
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I see the world in rectangles. If I am talking to someone, I find myself analysing their face, working out how to recreate it in bricks.
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I look forward to working alongside Univision's exceptional team as we work to further realize the substantial growth potential of this dynamic organization.
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In Athens I was 17 and I didn't have any expectations. I was just swimming fast and racing everybody. I didn't have the joy after my races in 2007. I didn't want to go to Beijing. I had to for sponsors.
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I'm a typical Irishman in that I only get home for weddings and funerals.
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It was because a great-looking man with no apparent mental defects found her attractive. Imagine feeling so buoyant over something so juvenile.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
