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 like working. I wish I could say I made a deliberate choice to comedy, but it's just what came my way. It's what the studios wanted to make. Some of my friends were doing it, like Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, and they offered me 'Talladega Nights.' It's just nice work if you can get it. It's a joyful day at work, making your friends laugh.
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That woman is the most difficult, the most stubborn redhead I've ever had the displeasure of meeting." He shot off, leaving only a blurry streak in his wake. "And you're falling in love with her," Kylie whispered.
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A man, to use an old-fashioned phrase, of some twenty-eight summers, he gave the impression at the moment of having experienced at least that number of very hard winters.
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There are many men - such as those often to be found among the Indians - who are refined until they have qualities often attributed to the female sex. Yet they are men, and strong ones.
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I think people say women come into their prime in their 40s. And then for some reason our society just wants to go... it's like a dead flower.
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Every state of society is as luxurious as it can be. Men always take the best they can get.
