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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipa

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. – Samuel Johnson

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I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. – 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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I dont think were yet evolved to the point where were clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change. The inertia of humans is so huge that you cant really do anything meaningful. – James Lovelock

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I think your alcohol intake has to change. You know, usually a big person feels they can drink anything they want to and as much as they want to and Ive cut that way back. – Mike Ditka

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We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives who dont want to change anything. – Jacques Delors

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All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. – Anatole France

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