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James Boswell Quotes

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: lawyer
Nationality: scottish
Birth: October 29, 1740 - May 19, 1795

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Friend Man Companion May Some Which

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Friends Become Awards Dust Gather

In terms of being vulgar, I don't think you need to be violent unless it's slapstick, violence to yourself. That can be funny - we've all tripped and fallen on our faces.

Funny Yourself Think Violence You

CNN is not a television network that has a website. CNN is a full-fledged media company.

Media Website Television Company CNN

For behaviorist films, that's been much more useful - the change of technology - but for my kind of films, doing them on film is much better, because it's more beautiful.

Change Technology Beautiful Better

Express yourself, don't hurt yourself.

Yourself Hurt Express Yourself

The big turn in the late '90s was that I realized I was going to be doing this for a long time. I was fairly sure I was going to be an actor for the rest of my life, which I think calmed me down.

Michael Weatherly

Life Time Me Rest Think My Life

Much of the Netherlands lies considerably below sea level, as you well know. Through the process of building dikes to wall out the salty sea and through pumping the water into canals, the country of the ingenious, resourceful, and doughty Dutch has literally been born of the sea.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Sea Water Building Process You Wall

When I started, athletes fought for honor, respect, philosophy.

Respect Honor Philosophy Started

We could in fact transport a person, say a kid who didn't know what it was like to be in a civil rights march. We could actually take you into that experience, so that you could better appreciate what happened and why it happened.

Dexter Scott King

Experience Appreciate Better You Say

That's how I got my name, you know. The Bonny scot, see?

Name You Know See Got How

The things in life which try to pin us down are the things we have to try to work against.

Life Work Down Try Things Against

It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish.

Yourself Selfish Self You Duty Your

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