Francis Bacon Quotes
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The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of.
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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.
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I have volunteered for Musicians on Call for the past 12 years because of the incredible one-on-one experiences in hospital rooms when no one other than the patient and I would remember the love that was exchanged.
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I sincerely apologize to anyone I may have inadvertently offended...The bag was a purchase I made as a tourist in China.
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When you’re young, hungry and stupid you’ll do whatever it takes.
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I'm really influenced by so many different things.
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After 9/11, we did see Palestinian terrorism in the context of all terrorism.
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The belt doesn't represent me; it's how you deal with people, how you represent yourself as a champion. The belt is a sign of a champion, but what makes a champion is the things I have just said.
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I always think that the ability to fight and defend oneself is a skill that every man should have but endeavour never to use, you know?
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I said the first concern of the administration of justice must, of course, be the individual. The second concern is the truth.
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I always say I want to look haunted.
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The self-taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not know a tenth as much as he could have known if he had worked under teachers;
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Without the constantly living and articulated eperience of absurdity, there would be no reason to attempt to do something meaningful. And on the contrary, how can one experience one's own absurdity if one is not constantly seeking meaning?
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it will be a good long time before there's upward pressure on prices or wages.
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Mere absurdity has never prevented the triumph of bad ideas, if they accord with easily aroused fantasies of an existence freed of human limitations.
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The jack-of-all-trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim.
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People so seldom say I love you And then it's either too late or love goes. So when I tell you I love you, It doesn't mean I know you'll never go, Only that I wish you didn't have to.
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The unmarried woman seldom escapes a widowhood of the spirit. There is sure to be some one, parent, brother, sister, friend, more comfortable to her than the day, with whom her life is so entwined that the wrench of parting leaves a torn void never entirely healed or filled.
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For talking monkeys to speak of truth is hubris of the highest degree. Where is it writ large that talking monkeys should be able to model the cosmos? If a sea urchin or a racoon were to propose to you that it had a viable truth about the universe, the absurdity of that assertion would be self-evident, but in our case we make an exception.
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Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.
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You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
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Our greatest hope is for the experience of joy, and often we are not as smart as we think we are when it comes to predicting what would bring us that joy. . . Hope that is attached to a particular outcome is looking for pleasure but fishing for pain, because attachment itself is a source of pain. It is best to hope for an experience of life in all its fullness-a life that can embrace both joy and sorrow, and will still be at peace.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
