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Quote by Samuel Johnson
The greatest part of a writers time is spent in reading in order t

The greatest part of a writers time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. – Samuel Johnson

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It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them. – Samuel Johnson

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Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away. It is the putrefaction of stagnant life, and is remedied by exercise and motion. – Samuel Johnson

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I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things. – Franz Kafka

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From the time I was a kid, I always knew something was going to happen to me. Didnt know exactly what. – Elvis Presley

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All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it. – Harry S. Truman

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