Francis Bacon Quotes
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New York City has no need to move on from 9/11 because, in a sense, it moved on days after, moments after.
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The iPod made music mobile, but today, how many devices do you need to walk around with? You want it on just one. And inevitably that's going to be the phone.
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We have a structural problem because you can simultaneously understand the medium to long-term risks of climate change and also come to the conclusion that it is in your short-term economic interest to invest in oil and gas. Which is why, you know, anybody who tells you that the market is going to fix this on its own is lying to you.
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I don't think people should do things because you know, 'I am turning this age, I must go have a husband.' If you find somebody and it works out then have kids, it's very nice. But if you don't, you don't.
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Here's the miracle: I grew up thinking, 'Wouldn't it be great to write 'Superman' someday? Wouldn't it be great to create my own show, or work on 'Lensman,' or 'Forbidden Planet?' Those were very literally the goals I set for myself, the dreams that I thought I didn't have a chance in hell of ever actually achieving. But it's happened.
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I'm terribly, horribly shy.
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I am very strongly paternal. My paternal instincts need to be acted upon. My love needs a release. I love everyone. I don't express my love enough, but the love within me needs a platform as a parent.
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To secure peace is to prepare for war.
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I don't feel comfortable with luxury, and I try to stay fairly normal.
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Soon after my degree, in 1958 I went to the United States to enlarge my experience and to familiarize myself with particle accelerators. I spent about one and a half years at Columbia University.
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Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property.
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I don't want anybody to not recognize how appreciative I am of the volume of e-mails I get.
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I always hold doors open, I always try to be nice.
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I am happy because I am no longer an author.
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I started writing poetry in high school because I wanted desperately to write, but somehow, writing stories didn't appeal to me, and I loved the flow and the feel and sense of poetry, especially that of what one might call formal verse.
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There isn't anything in the world that can't be made better.
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You never know what's going to happen with television these days.
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I just don't do much social media. No, it is more important to strike a balance between ballet and real life.
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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
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Branding jails corporate America, but honesty sets entrepreneurs free.
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I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything.
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I just didn't know what the heck I wanted to do with my life, so I drove out to California and got really lucky.
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'Say Hello' was inspired by optimism.
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There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.
