Francis Bacon Quotes
Men seem neither to understand their riches nor their strength. Of the former they believe greater things than they should; of the latter, less.
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For me, men and women are different. A man is genetically gifted to pull more than a woman. But at the same time, I don't consider women to be any less than men. In fact, I feel we are far more intelligent than them.
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I wonder if there'll ever be a time where you're not judged by your appearance. It seems that wherever you've got to, your appearance is always discussed. It's never said about men. We talk about a man's charisma, not his looks.
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You have to really love women in order to really just have a respect for women and love them. No man - I don't care what kind of man it is, how feminine he is - they never could understand what we go through as far as physically and mentally.
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Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Never for an instant harbor a doubt of it.
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I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.
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It's hard for us to really understand the immensity so far of the conquest of space.
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When I was a kid, the miracles of my life were the Resurrection, a candlelight service on New Year's Eve, the Virgin Birth, and the Three Wise Men.
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I think that what's been holding composers back a great deal is that they feel they must have a new style every year. This, in my case, would be hopeless. In fact, it is said that I have no style at all, but that doesn't matter. I just go on doing, as they say, my thing. I believe this takes a certain courage.
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Perhaps if all the peoples of the world understand what war really means, we would eliminate it.
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I believe it is impossible to be sure of anything.
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I can't understand why the Democratic parties seem so hostile to economic growth and business.
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Con men look for human frailty to exploit. This is most often greed. Trump found a different vice: anger. The emotional are always the most susceptible to manipulation.
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To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.
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Religion provides the only story that is fundamentally consoling in the face of the worst possible experiences - the death of a parent, for instance. In fact, many religions take away the problem entirely, because their adherents ostensibly believe that they're going to be reunited with everyone they love, and death is an illusion.
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I'm working class. Not because my family have always been skint or because I'm from the grim north, but because I am from a class of people who believe in work. In paying their way.
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Our entire approach to the banking and financial services business is risk-adjusted returns. We believe that in most parts of the world, and including pockets in India, banking tends to mis-price risk.
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I believe I was ahead of my time.
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I like to believe that I've got a lot of guardian warriors sittin' on my shoulder including my dad.
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Orwell wasn't right about where society was in 1984. We haven't turned into that sort of surveillance society. But that may be, at least in small part, because of his book. The notion that ubiquitous surveillance and state manipulation of the media is evil is deeply engrained in us.
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I want my children and grandchildren to see what I look like now.
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Many kids can tell you about drugs but do not know what celery or courgettes taste like.
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I play in a lot of empty rooms.
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Men seem neither to understand their riches nor their strength. Of the former they believe greater things than they should; of the latter, less.
