Quote by Samuel Johnson

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or en

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This quote suggests that every quotation, or any uttered or written phrase, plays a role in maintaining or expanding the language. The act of quoting helps to stabilize the language by preserving established words, phrases, and linguistic structures. Additionally, it contributes to the language's growth by introducing new ideas, perspectives, and expressions. Thus, by constantly incorporating and repeating quotations, language continually evolves and adapts to reflect the changes in society, resulting in its stability and expansion.

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By Samuel Johnson

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It's sort of a feeling of power onstage. It's really the abi

It's sort of a feeling of power onstage. It's really the ability to make people smile, or just to turn them one way or another for that duration of time, and for it to have some effect later on. I don't really think it's power... it's the goodness.

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We need fundamental change. In the past, national developmen

We need fundamental change. In the past, national development led to people's happiness but now the link between national growth and improvement in people's lives has been severed.

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From his childhood onwards this boy will be surrounded by sy

From his childhood onwards this boy will be surrounded by sycophants and flatterers. In due course, following the precedent which has already been set, he will be sent on a tour of the world and probably rumors of a morganatic marriage alliance will follow, and the end of it will be the country will be called upon to pay the bill.

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To take a photograph is to participate in another person's m

To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt.

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The years of the economic depression have been years of poli

The years of the economic depression have been years of political reaction, and that is why the economic crisis has generated a world peace crisis.

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The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks

The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.

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I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting

I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character.

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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

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It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can th

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You've got to get up every morning with determination if you

You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.

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When people sleep, others stay awake to effect changes in th

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To love IS to destroyand to be loved is to be the one destro

To love IS to destroyand to be loved is to be the one destroyed

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