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As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate. ↗

— Sam Mendes

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The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance. ↗

— Sam Mendes

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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. ↗

— Michelangelo

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It was a presidential election year, and as a member of a consortium of Ivy League radio stations, we participated in 'network' coverage of election night. ↗

— Andrea Mitchell

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It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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I've been making sushi for 38 years, and I'm still learning. You have to consider the size and color of the ingredients, how much salt and vinegar to use and how the seasons affect the fattiness of the fish. ↗

— Masaharu Morimoto

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So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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