Samuel Johnson Quotes
Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.
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The way we do music in Brazil is very different because we are so moved by music; we grow up with that.
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'Really,' thought I, 'we call Baltimore the 'Monumental City' for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!'
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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We've heard from many teachers that they used episodes of Star Trek and concepts of Star Trek in their science classrooms in order to engage the students.
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Narrow banks could restart effective intermediation and ensure that consumers and employment-creating small and medium-size enterprises are adequately financed and can contribute to the reactivation of the economy.
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I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
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Instead of isolating our school and our many subjects from the every day world, we intend to plant it not merely in the French capital, but in what for next summer at least will be the focal point, the capital of the entire civilized world.
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I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!
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People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven't seen God. But I think that one's beliefs are one's God - and, in those terms, yes, God is there.
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Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.
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My biggest asset is not cash - it's a large, growing, devout fanbase.
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As things go digital, the notion of new editions will go away. A publisher can add video and assessment content at scale, make the change in 30 seconds and it's just a software update.
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My parents had some problems of their own that put me in a position of having to deal with very grown-up stuff at a very young age. I needed some help with that, therapy-wise.
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To the folks walking around the District of Columbia, I would say this: 'Be careful.'
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Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.
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As I read more and I got into philosophy and met a lot of friends who weren't Christians, it became difficult for me to sustain the belief structure in the supernatural.
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Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal.
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Workers of France, it is for the freedom of the prisoners that you will go to work in Germany! It is for our country that you will go in large numbers!
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A victim of God may,Through learning adaption,Become a partner of God,A victim of God may,Through forethought and planning,Become a shaper of God.Or a victim of God may,Through shortsightedness and fear,Remain God’s victim,God’s plaything,God’s prey.
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Sit caeca futurimens hominum fati; liceat sperare timenti.
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This is our lives. The way to give it dignity is to tell the truth.
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Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.
