Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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The gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us.
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As a poet, I would always hear emcees come up to me and say, 'Yo, you should rap,' and I was like, 'No.' You know, the label was tough for me. I'm a poet. I was proud of that distinction between the two, not wanting to be the other.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from going to school for film first, and kind of stumbling onto music as my career.
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People work hard.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
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Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.
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I am undeniably afraid of the dark!
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I love great lyrics, and I love the way it could shape a tune into a very unpredictable one, and I also like taking a great melody and putting lyrics into it.
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I'm constantly hydrating my hair.
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The solution for mankind is of a spiritual nature. It is not a political or religious solution. It's the ability to love each other. That's the only solution I see.
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I'm thinking of taking up golf, but the idea of spending time with golfers frightens me.
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I am determined to live without illusions. I want to look at reality straight. Without hiding.
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I kinda have the opposite of ADD. I have a hyper-focused disorder, where if there's a given task in front of me I really concentrate on that.
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You have to believe. You have to stick to your guns.
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My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana.
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There's always a Van der Graaf audience that wants to hear the band's sound. And totally fair enough. Why not? It's a band. You like the band, you like the band.
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One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to be the best. This is normal. This is what sport is about. This is why I love it.
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Why, Sir, it is difficult to settle the proportion of iniquity between them.
