Samuel Johnson Quotes
A fellow that makes no figure in company, and has a mind as narrow as the neck of a vinegar-cruet.Samuel Johnson
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For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.
Madhur Bhandarkar -
I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
Paloma Picasso -
Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
Barry Zito -
Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.
Usain Bolt -
I remember the first time I stepped into the ring at age 16. I loved hitting things... but who likes getting hit?!
Mandy Bujold -
Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
Immanuel Kant
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
S. J. Perelman -
Practically, I am interested in television because it keeps me home and it's fast, and I exist in independent films mostly, and you don't get paid for those, or you don't get paid enough.
Campbell Scott -
Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
Xavier Becerra -
I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.
Ian Mckellen -
That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
Naomi Watts -
I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
Gary Ross
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
Rachel Platten -
I pretty much make time for that weekly manicure.
Yancy Butler -
Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
Rachel Boston -
In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
Carl Honore -
Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
Barbara Boxer -
I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
Jack Vance
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I can be influenced by what seems to me to be justice and good sense; but the class war will find me on the side of the educated bourgeoisie.
John Maynard Keynes -
Ce qui remplit le temps c'est vraiment de le perdre.
Marguerite Duras -
We should not allow wealthy people, including corporate criminals, to hide their assets and avoid paying their bills.
Jim Talent -
Sometimes good television doesn't depend on money, it depends on imagination and good people directing, casting and doing the job with talented people.
Elisabeth Sladen -
I love working and writing new songs. But sometimes you need to wait, to have something in your mind, and then you can let yourself play music.
Yann Tiersen -
A fellow that makes no figure in company, and has a mind as narrow as the neck of a vinegar-cruet.
Samuel Johnson