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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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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And other spirits there are standing apartUpon the forehead of the age to come;These, these will give the world another heart,And other pulses. Hear ye not the humOf mighty workings in a distant mart?Listen awhile ye nations, and be dumb.
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I never really understood fashion as a career. For me, it was really a state of mind, more like something that I always had in my life.
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SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.
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I don't see anything wrong with being alone, it feels great to me. People make a big thing about personal love. It doesn't have to be such a big thing. The same for living - people make a big thing about that too. But personal living and personal loving are the two things the Eastern-type wise men don't think about.
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The world's a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span.
