Samuel Johnson Quotes
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
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The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar and vocals? It's very stuck, whereas with electronic music, new sounds are being created.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I don't deny the importance of genetics. However, the fact that I might be altruistic isn't because I have a gene for altruism; the fact that I do something for my children at some cost to myself comes from a history that has operated on me.
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I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.
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As we began working toward the finale of 'Lost,' I knew there was no possible ending that was going to be universally loved, and I accepted that. We ended the story the way we wanted it to end, and we stand by it. On my Twitter feed, I still get ten to fifteen positive comments for every negative one.
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Next door to Ethiopia spreading out along the strategic Red Sea coastline is Eritrea, a relatively new country, and a place that few Americans seem to fully understand.
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Coming up with ideas isn't hard. The real challenge is finding the time to actually build something and then finding a home for it.
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I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.
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I don't think anything's ever simple. Everyone's just trying to understand each other, and whether that's because you're in a relationship or because you're meeting their friends or because their meeting your brother or whatever it is, nothing like that is ever smooth running.
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I hate to travel. I don't go anywhere.
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I could live in a sari; I was born to wear a sari.
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To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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It's good - it's great when somebody who is 20 years younger than you comes up and says, 'Wow, we just got turned on to you guys, and you're really great,' or something like that. I like that.
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I like to involve myself in charities that help children and also young women in need.
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The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true.
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Aggression is something that is a part of me, and I'm never going to take that out of my game.
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Like the Internet, Bitcoin will change the way people interact and do business around the world.
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If consulted by friends about marital dramas, I always encourage the singles to marry, the married to stick together, the neglectful and wayward to renew their loving commitment and the wronged to forgive.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
