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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When a government subsidy deprives the child of its dad the government is really subsidizing child abuse.
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Given the historical power differential between blacks and whites, blacks are required to be attentive to the way their white counterparts see themselves in relation to people of color if they want to survive and even thrive.
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I lived with my mother all my life until she died, and I don't really think I knew her, because I was always using her as my mother, if you know what I mean.
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If something happened where I couldn't write music anymore, it would kill me. It's not just a job. It's not just a hobby. It's why I get up in the morning.
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I don't know why sportswriters always have to write bad things about Joaquin Andujar.
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Why, Sir, it is difficult to settle the proportion of iniquity between them.
