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To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

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I'm easily destroyed and I operate on emotional levels. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

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Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

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I live for Pilates reformer class. I go at least three times a week. It's a great way to lengthen your muscles, stretch, and kind of relax your mind. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

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