Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. - Samuel Johnson

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I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.

Samuel Johnson

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

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Our aspirations are our possibilities.

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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.

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The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.

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