Francis Bacon Quotes
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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You don't win as a party unless you become a bigger party.
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I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.
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The squandering of oil and gas is associated with one of the greatest tragedies, not in the least resolved, which is suffered by humankind: climate change.
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I'm an optimist. My own fiction, while it has its own dark warnings about pitfalls ahead, depicts the potential of science to improve society by networking human minds.
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I hope that I can continue to champion Dr. Paul's efforts to audit the Fed, protect state's rights, and getting our nation back on track.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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I know, logically, about the fact that there are fans of my work in America, but it's hard for that feeling to sink in.
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My marks were always bad, and I was a bad influence on other children, so they would explain to my mother that they could retain me only by being partial towards me, and so I should offer to leave the school myself. I would barely get 40-50% and was also extremely naughty.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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But when I go to Chicago, I know I'm home.
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Death is sweeter than continued life under tyranny. ... Retaliation is a prescription from God. ... We must rise up and kill those who kill us. .. Let them feel the pain of death that we are feeling.
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I particularly loved the adjective bookish, which I found other people used about as often as ramrod or chum or teetotaler.
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Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place.
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Roses are redAnd ready for pluckingYou're sixteenAnd ready for high school.
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The world's a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span.
