Samuel Johnson Quotes
Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.Samuel Johnson
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Hollywood is the only thing more ridiculous than Silicon Valley. There's nowhere else where it's stranger.
T. J. Miller -
Half of my closet is Barbie clothes - PVC skirts, cropped fuzzy sweaters, and velvet minis.
Tavi Gevinson -
If I could wave a magic wand, we would eliminate income tax; we would eliminate corporate tax. We would abolish the IRS, and we could replace all of it with one federal consumption tax.
Gary Johnson -
People are so used to having their lives filmed, they're not even conscious of having cameras around. I still have that sort of suspicion when a camera comes out. I view it as a thing to fear.
Sade Adu -
Barbra Streisand, for one, is one of my idols. I've listened to her since I was a little kid - the first album I ever bought was 'A Star is Born' with Kris Kristofferson.
Idina Menzel -
I travel around the world, and there are so many beautiful girls, but that's not going to make you a supermodel. You have to have something more than just a pretty face.
Irina Shayk
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The first thing they gave me at 'Sports Illustrated' was a first-class air card. 'And oh, by the way, there's the petty cash drawer,' they told me. 'Take a few thousand dollars for expenses.'
Dan Jenkins -
Art is more engaging that propaganda.
Larry Norman -
Buttermilk's palate-cleansing tartness is one reason it's used a lot in southern India, where meals often end with a small bowl of the stuff served with plain rice and pickles.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I definitely have a strong sense of my Jewish and Israeli identity. I did my two-year military service; I was brought up in a very Jewish, Israeli family environment, so of course my heritage is very important to me.
Gal Gadot -
The t is silent, as in Harlow.
Emma Alice Margaret Asquith -
A little bit goes a long way - it's true. And I sure am glad I went such a long, long way to find that out for myself.
AnnaSophia Robb
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I always find it difficult to dress in between seasons, but I quite like putting T-shirts on with a vest over the top and another layer so you can peel them back as the day goes on.
Poppy Delevingne -
Filmmaking is always sort of building a mosaic of this arc of what the character is going through.
Matthew Fox -
Whenever I climb I have to also entertain.
Alain Robert -
'Lolita' was a great wound in the side for me. I stuck my neck out maybe further than I should have and castigated the studio for not getting behind it.
Jeremy Irons -
Emotions are the fuel to really move you along - that's the only way you can create music. If you don't feel any emotions, it's not going to happen.
Jan Hammer -
If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and discovery, for me at any rate.
Chaim Potok
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I'm very proud to be Canadian, but I would move to New York in a heartbeat.
Lexa Doig -
Horror films are very effective to me; they have an impact on me. I think that real life things scare me a lot more.
Alexandra Daddario -
Now as they were going along and talking, they espied a Boy feeding his Father’s Sheep. The Boy was in very mean Cloaths, but of a very fresh and well-favoured Countenance, and as he sate by himself he sung. Hark, said Mr Greatheart, to what the Shepherd’s boy saith. So they hearkened, and he said-
John Bunyan -
When I'm having a bad day, I pick up my guitar.
Michelle Branch -
Beliefs help us tap the richest resources deep within us, creating & directing these resources to support our desired outcome
Anthony Robbins -
Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.
Samuel Johnson