Samuel Johnson Quotes
Every state of society is as luxurious as it can be. Men always take the best they can get.
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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Congress seems to be very good at doing nothing.
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A month alone would make me so happy. Not good for my dating prospects.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.
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I've never had to pitch a movie to a studio. I usually just let people read the script, then I cast it. I always think pitching is for baseball.
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Some people collect vintage cars, I collect Birkins. The leather ones are £20,000.
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Cursive writing does not mean what I think it does.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.
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I think people have a hard time thinking that I could've done a sitcom.
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Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening.
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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
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I dream of working with iconic directors such as Tim Burton, Baz Luhrmann, Terry Gilliam and Wes Anderson - so I'm setting my sights pretty high! My perfect role would be in a fairy-tale period piece, and I'm quite upset all the Harry Potter movies have been made as I'd love to have been in those.
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In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that i will come to no harm.
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On the question of marriage, as in all other respects, Lutheranism is a compromise, a bridge between two logical views of the universe: the Catholic-Christian and the Individualistic Monist. And bridges are made to go over, not to stand upon.
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The tsar [Nicholas II] is not treacherous but he is weak. Weakness is not treachery, but it fulfils all its functions.
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The misery that oppresses you lies not in your profession but in yourself! What man in the world would not find his situation intolerable if he chooses a craft, an art, indeed any form of life, without experiencing an inner calling? Whoever is born with a talent, or to a talent, must surely find in that the most pleasing of occupations! Everything on this earth has its difficult sides! Only some inner drive - pleasure, love - can help us overcome obstacles, prepare a path, and lift as out of the narrow circle in which others tread out their anguished, miserable existences!
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Every state of society is as luxurious as it can be. Men always take the best they can get.
