Samuel Johnson Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
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Craig Newmark looks like the kind of guy who would help you move your apartment, sell your furniture, get a job, or help you find that cute girl you saw on the subway.
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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I just didn't realize how powerful 'CHiPs' was.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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The longer I live the more convinced I become that one of the greatest honors we can confer on other people is to see them as they are, to recognize not only that they exist, but that they exist in specific ways and have specific realities.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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I feel the audience are friends that have come to see us. That was always how we look on it in the Carter Family. I've never suffered stage fright.
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There's always a theme I'm drawn to, that we humans are not good or bad. We're all a mixture of both. We can have great compassion or commit great violence.
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We have to have workers that will produce more and will stop work when it is not needed.
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All best-of lists should close with the amazing Kelly Link.
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It has been said that knowledge is power. We need to strengthen education systems so that young people can benefit from cultural diversity, and not be victimized by those who exploit differences.
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Men are indeed to be taught that the favour of God is offered, without exception, to all who ask it; but since those only begin to ask whom heaven by grace inspires, even this minute portion of praise must not be withheld from Him. It is the privilege of the elect to be regenerated by the Spirit of God, and then placed under His guidance and government.
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By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
