Samuel Johnson Quotes
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
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I like to spoof the original Gothic classics, so there is also good dose of comedy in the 'Parasol Protectorate' - giggling readers are good.
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I try to stay focused.
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I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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A lot of these guys in 'Fight Master' will compete in Bellator and in mixed mart arts for quite some time.
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During my childhood, Washington was a segregated city, and I lived in the midst of a poor black neighborhood. Life on the streets was often perilous. Indoor reading was my refuge, and twice a week, I made the hazardous bicycle trek to the central library at Seventh and K streets to stock up on supplies.
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We grow small trying to be great.
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Think about your menu, and if you're not a skilled chef - which I'm not - follow a recipe. You can't go wrong if you don't cut the fine print.
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In all the world, rich people are very unpopular.
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Most people honestly want to do as well as they can in their lives.
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The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.
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To me, AIDS is an international epidemic and every country can be affected by it. Therefore, it can be discussed on an international level. Unfortunately, AIDS doesn't require a visa.
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U.S. nuclear weapons that are available for presidential use are targeted against broad ocean areas.
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If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best way to follow them is not to think about wanting to be very rich, but to think about doing something that you really want to do.
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I lived in Red Hook, Brooklyn, for about 10 years, and then we moved out to Jersey City after my wife and I bought a house up in the Catskills. I miss Brooklyn, but the commute to the Catskills is about 45 minutes shorter.
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A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes.
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Every country must be absolutely free to adopt the type of economic, political and social system that it considers convenient.
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Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.
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For more than three months, I had been president and primary owner of Spellman Investigations, and I can say with complete certainty that I had more power in this office as an underling. My title, it seemed, was purely decorative. I was captain of an unfashionable and sinking ship.
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The longer they were together the more doubtful seemed the nature of his regard, and sometimes for a few painful minutes she believed it to be no more than friendship...
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I don't know, why am I called the opposite of what I am? It's very confusing to me.
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He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
