Samuel Johnson Quotes
If the man who turnips cries,Cry not when his father dies,'Tis a proof that he had ratherHave a turnip than his father.
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A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by android Barbie creep. All those thick swatches of lifeless strands clustering lankly round ladies' necks! Like orange tanning spray, this is a fashion fad that should be put out of its misery.
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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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We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
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It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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Singing, for me, means singing as loud as I can.
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Have the courage to act instead of react.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
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It's still amazing, but when I was growing up, Harlem was the Mecca of black culture. I was so inspired by it, the aspirational feeling you'd get spending time there. Experiences that were really specific to that place.
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With a tree, all the growth takes place at the growing tips. Humanity is exactly the same. All the growth takes place in the growing tip: among that one percent of the population. It's made up of pioneers, the beginners. That's where the action is.
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Velvet is great. It's warm as well. And it's snug.
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Fashion is fun, ridiculously fun. But it's base and it's wrong. You're not doing anything good for the world. You're just saying, 'Buy it, buy it, buy it.'
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People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.
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You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own 'acres of diamonds.'
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That is the most stupid thing yet. I tell you that I could despair of human intelligence when I see what can exist in men’s minds.
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The biggest reason people don't do things is knowledge. Many people don't go to the gym because they don't know what the heck they're doing.
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One of my favorite stores in the Old Town is Buchbinderei. It's this tiny stationery shop where the owner, Doris Feldman, makes these beautiful hand-bound notebooks I always buy for gifts.
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My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds.
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I was conscious of my father's fame from the time I was 6.
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If the man who turnips cries,Cry not when his father dies,'Tis a proof that he had ratherHave a turnip than his father.
