Samuel Johnson Quotes
There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed.
Samuel Johnson
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My mother, R. Rajalakshmi, taught at Annamalai University in Chidambaram, and during the day, I was well cared for by aunts and grandparents in the usual way of an extended Indian family.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
e. e. cummings
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There's guys like me who aren't going to the theater, so distributors are leaving money on the table.
Dana Brunetti
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Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.
Manny Pacquiao
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
Isaac Hayes
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Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received upon the dictum of learned authorities, but upon attentive personal observation of what is passing around us.
Frances Wright
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It is the addition of strangeness to beauty that constitutes the romantic character in art.
Walter Hagen
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'Until you can ignore your circumstances, and just do as you promise,' he says, 'you'll always be controlled by the world.'
Chuck Palahniuk
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Agave nectar is a good substitute for refined sugars. It has a relatively low glycaemic index, which means it doesn't cause quick rises in blood sugar levels. It also has a nice, mild flavour.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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Three things about water affect almost all of cooking. First are the hydrogen bonds, which is why it has an incredibly high boiling point. Another is that it's a polar molecule, so that it dissolves a lot of things, and there are things that won't mix with it. And then there's how much energy it takes to heat water.
Nathan Myhrvold
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At this young age I am already sold on the idea of the dog. One of God's absolutely greatest inventions and one that needs no more tinkering. The dog is the perfect beast, companion, friend, shoulder to lean on, and scapegoat when too many cookies are missing. And a dog won't hold that against you, either. I am at peace sitting in silence with a dog.
Richard Lewis Springthorpe
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There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed.
Samuel Johnson