Francis Bacon Quotes
It cannot be that axioms established by argumentation should avail for the discovery of new works, since the subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of argument. But axioms duly and orderly formed from particulars easily discover the way to new particulars, and thus render sciences active.
Quotes to Explore
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world.
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We have to look after the health of the players. Quality suffers with too many games.
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I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
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We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.
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I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends.
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Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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The emotions have been seen as the center of woman's soul. For that reason, emotional formation will have to be centrally placed in woman's formation.
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One thing that has made us so successful is that we've never taken outside investment. That means we can concentrate on what our customers want - not what the stockholders or the VCs want.
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I love doing costumes. The costume is an actor's first line, so it's gotta be right!
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Tell a man that he is putting on a stage performance in order to get what he wants, and he will irritably reject your observation. Why? Because most people go through life as cunning actors with a permanent horror of getting found out.
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It is always good to be on the scoresheet.
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I hate birthdays.
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I get depressed when the sun is clouded over. It affects me.
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It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past.
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The nature of music is mysterious and so much so that it generates strong emotions within us. It moves along passages that reach the most intimate areas of our psyche without being tried by prejudices or influences of any kind.
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My youngest son becomes an award-winning nature photographer, and I cannot resist writing poems to his pictures. My daughter loves to cook, though I do not. Yet together, we write a cookbook with fairy tales. And now a second.
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It cannot be that axioms established by argumentation should avail for the discovery of new works, since the subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of argument. But axioms duly and orderly formed from particulars easily discover the way to new particulars, and thus render sciences active.
