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Samuel Johnson Quotes

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: english
Birth: September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784

Topics

Life Morning Man Bed Lying Awake

Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it's probably going to be rubbish.

Together Song Idiot Going Bang Five

My advice to American filmmakers is to marry a European. I'm not kidding. Otherwise they don't qualify for international co-production treaties.

Advice American Marry Treaties

A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn't sit there and think about it.

Good Think Know Want Director Sit

If you really care about Facebook likes, don't just post your stuff to Twitter and then rely on it being republished automatically to Facebook. In my sample size of one, Facebook penalizes you significantly for that and shows that content to far fewer people.

Michael Arrington

People Care You Size Content Stuff

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

Brainy Inspiration Material Delivered

I should mention something that nobody ever thinks about, but proofreading takes a lot of time. After you write something, there are these proofs that keep coming, and there's this panicky feeling that 'This is me and I must make it better.'

Time Me Better You Feeling Nobody

It doesn't matter where you come from, what you have or don't have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.

Life Passion God Faith Mind Drive

I fell in love with 'Ben Hur' when I was 8 years old, and I just knew I had to be involved in movies, even if I was the guy who melted the butter on the popcorn.

Love Movies Popcorn Old Years Guy

People taking photographs of their meals are not critics; they are from the United States.

Louis de Bernieres

People Critics Meals United Taking

I love comedies, and I like sometimes comedies have a tendency to get a bit lazy. 'The Other Guys' was not lazy.

Louis Leterrier

Love Sometimes Lazy Get Like Guys

I need to stay in the present and use that new-age mantra: 'I'm okay right now.' But I worry about all the things I'm failing at every moment.

Moment Present Worry Now Okay Need

Who thought it would be a good idea to undermine art in the school curriculum? Who thought studying the history of our visual culture was a waste of time? Who thought that only private schools should have that privilege? Was it someone who said we don't need experts?

Cornelia Parker

Good History Time Art Culture Said

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