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Samuel Johnson Quotes

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Time Man Short Matters Dying Act

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Art Limit Greatest Oneself After

Hesitation is often like procrastination. One may have vague doubts and feel a need to mull things over; meanwhile, other issues intrude on thought, and no decision is taken. Ask people why they procrastinate, and you probably won't get a crisp answer.

Robert J. Shiller

Decision People Thought Feel You

Vicodin, I got addicted to that little pill. The reason I don't talk about it too much in the press is because it isn't funny, and I love to be funny in interviews. If you joke about that period in your life, it doesn't seem right.

Life Funny Love You Too Much Talk

One of the great currents in the contemporary experience of art is that it seems to come out of the experience of the author.

Great Art Experience Out Seems Come

The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center.

Stephen Gardiner

Man Circle Legs Center Ancient Arms

To make a Frankenstein monster of a complex character like Stalin would have been too simplistic. I wanted to show who he was and, if you like, how he happened.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Character You Monster Complex Been

As you get older, your metabolism slows down. You've got to admit it. It's nothing to be ashamed of if you have lived your life to the full.

Life You Down Admit Nothing Ashamed

We've already gotten a significant grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and a university consortium. I think the whole sector of Foundations, potentially with government support, is promising - more than promising, I think, it's substantial.

Government Support Foundation Think

Every day I wake up and I lay in bed counting my blessings and saying my prayers for how fortunate I am to have great fans and health and family.

Family Health Great Day I Am Saying

There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one.

War World Evidence Nuclear Weapons

For most young Americans I know, 'serving' in the broadest sense now seems like the only thing to do.

Chelsea Clinton

Know Young Now Serving Seems Sense

Being on stage and on a motorcycle are two of the only places I feel comfortable and free. Those are my happy places.

Brantley Gilbert

Happy Motorcycle Free Feel Places

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