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Quote by Samuel Johnson
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happines

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. – Samuel Johnson

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You cant be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute whos for you and whos against you. – Samuel Johnson

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Politics
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Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. – Samuel Johnson

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Happiness
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you havent courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others. – Samuel Johnson

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In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized. – Clara Zetkin

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My attitude is, do as much as I can while Im free. And if Im arrested Ill still do as much as I can. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart. – Josh McDowell

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The money is in a different league these days, of course, but I have special memories of the 60s and 70s which players today dont have. There wasnt the same celebrity attitude and media exposure. We had a bit more freedom. – Peter Shilton

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Life loves the liver of it. – Maya Angelou

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Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path. – Jean Anouilh

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Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost. – David Mamet

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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. – Walter Lippmann

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