"Luncheon: as much food as one's hand can…" — Samuel Johnson
"Luncheon: as much food as one's hand can hold."
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
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Your aspirations are your possibilities.
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It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either…
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The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on…
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Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
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To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
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The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
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Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
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Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
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Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
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The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
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He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect…
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I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary…
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I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard.
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I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you.…
— Chinua Achebe
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It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space,…
— David Attenborough
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Some bioengineering is good, especially if it results in plants that are more drought-resistant or perennial food crops.
— Margaret Atwood
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What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten,…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms…
— Diane Ackerman
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Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very…
— Sai Baba
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Acorns were good until bread was found.
— Francis Bacon
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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
— Lucille Ball
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Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call…
— Antonio Banderas
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I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just…
— Tyra Banks
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