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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There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.
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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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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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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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To be a good citizen, it's important to be able to put yourself in other people's shoes and see the big picture. If everything you see is rooted in your own identity, that becomes difficult or impossible.
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Man knows himself only insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it if only within himself, and of himself self only within it. Each new subject, well observed, opens up within us a new organ of thought.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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We know how powerful our mother was when we were little, but is our wife that powerful to us now? Must we relive our great deed of escape from Mama with every other woman in our life?
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The world's a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span.
