Quote by Samuel Johnson
There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advan

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex. – Samuel Johnson

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Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain. – Samuel Johnson

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Hope
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I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. – Samuel Johnson

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Apathy
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Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free. – Samuel Johnson

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Writing
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TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary with independent films, you just cant. – Jessica Lange

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I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, Oh, God, whats this? I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait. – Whitney Houston

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Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly? – King Abdullah II

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Age

Im happy to report that my inner child is still ageless. – James Broughton

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My experience with public libraries is that the first volume of the book I inquire for is out, unless I happen to want the second, when that is out. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Poet at the Breakfast Table

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All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity. – Sallust

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Anger

I dont hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime. – Charles Barkley

One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force. – David Borenstein

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