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All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which they operate. My language to each of them has to suit their brain. ↗

— Sam Mendes

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

— Sam Mendes

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For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie. ↗

— Sam Mendes

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I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I was excited about the canvas on which I could tell the story as much as the story itself. ↗

— 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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Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms. ↗

— 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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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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