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Quote by Samuel Johnson
The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverte

The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principal subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away the book, which he has too diligently studied. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

I hate a fellow whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl; let him come out as I do, and bark. – Samuel Johnson

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Cowardice/Weakness
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Samuel Johnson
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Hope
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Samuel Johnson
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Students
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Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. Acts 26:24 – Bible

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Students

The greatest significance of the present student generation is that it is through them that the point of view of the subjugated is finally and inexorably being expressed. – James Baldwin

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Students

There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them. – Emile-Auguste Chartier

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Students

Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life. – Woodrow Wilson

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Students

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I want to be able to look back and say, Ive done everything I can, and I was successful. I dont want to look back and say I should have done this or that. Id like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along. – Michael Phelps

Category:
Change

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men – and the fools know it. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Men

Television is an anesthetic for the pain of the modern world. – Astrid Alauda

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Television

Failure and things of this sort – you can take it one of two ways. You can either let that hurt you and really affect the way that you live your life in the future, or you can use that as an opportunity for growth. – Matt Emmons

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Failure