Samuel Johnson Quotes
I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
Quotes to Explore
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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I remember when I was little, much younger than I was when I started modeling, people always said, 'Oh, you should be a model.' But I didn't like people telling me what to do... But I didn't plan to transform into an actress, either. It just happened.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made me. But they just couldn't grasp it. They wanted me to be playing with baseballs and frogs while I wanted to be scouring garage sales.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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I just want us to all have a good time and to party and enjoy this life, because it's too short. It's too short.
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I know there is pain when sawmills close and people lose jobs, but we have to make a choice. We need water and we need these forests.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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Without a doubt, I'd love to do Broadway. I actually can't wait to get back to musical theater.
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I'm highly distractable, and I have too many things on my mind very often. When I'm driving in the city, it drives me so crazy - the city traffic and the parking - I just take cabs everywhere.
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I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?
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I love it when people know what they like and what looks good on them.
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A lot of us got into the industry because of 'Star Wars,' and we all have this love of the original source material.
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When I see everyone rushing in one direction, I know it's time to move the other way.
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Much of life is a game. If played skillfully, with an intelligent and fascinating opponent, it can become almost a dance. One challenges and moves, the other teases and skips away, only to dart forward later and strike a telling blow.
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I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.
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I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
