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Quote by Samuel Johnson
No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes t

No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability. – Samuel Johnson

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Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price. – Samuel Johnson

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Labor
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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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What happens to the wide-eyed observer when the window between reality and unreality breaks and the glass begins to fly? – Author Unknown

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Facts as facts do not always create a spirit of reality, because reality is a spirit. – G. K. Chesterton

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How do we know that the sky is not green and we are all colour-blind? – Author Unknown

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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writers role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there. – J. G. Ballard

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The gospel to me is simply irresistible. – Blaise Pascal

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For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts. – Thomas Mann

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Appetite, craving for food, is a constant and powerful stimulator of the gastric glands. – Ivan Pavlov

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Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week. – Louis Kronenberger

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