"My dear friend, clear your mind of can't."

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Source : Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 15 May 1783)

Samuel Johnson

#Mind Quotes #Complacency Quotes #Dear Friend Quotes

“What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce.”
“Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.”
“Determination could easily become obsession.”

Source : N. K. Jemisin (2010). “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”, p.189, Hachette UK
“But I don't have anything left inside of me to figure out where I fit in or what I want. If I want anything, it's to know what's possible to want.”
“In childhood the daylight always fails too soon -- except when there are going to be fireworks;”

Source : Jan Struther (1942). “Mrs. Miniver”, p.8, Prabhat Prakashan
“For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.”
“You shouldn't go around the world behaving ruthlessly when you don't have to. Sometimes you do have to. There is only so much pie to go around. If you're going to take more than your fair share of pie, as socialists would look at it, then someone else is not getting his. That means you've got to take it away from them.”
“Wherever you go, there’s your teacher.”

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