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 don't revisit anything unless there's a really good occasion, like BAM screened 'This Is My Life', with Lena Dunham and Nora Ephron before she died. It also screened 'Uncle Buck', so I took my niece. I don't have a TV, so I don't happen upon old movies like you would if you had cable.
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I can't wait until I'm able to afford really posh bags.
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Money was the crux. Raising money to pay the cost of war was to cause more damage to 14th century society than the physical destruction of war itself.
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As long as every generation rises to its challenges and stands up in defense of liberty - as Americans have done in the past and as our men and women continue to do today - our nation will remain free and strong.
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It may be that without a vision men shall die. It is no less true that, without hard practical sense, they shall also die. Without Jefferson the new nation might have lost its soul. Without Hamilton it would assuredly have been killed in body.
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Every state of society is as luxurious as it can be. Men always take the best they can get.
