Francis Bacon Quotes
It has well been said that the arch-flatterer, with whom all petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.
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Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
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To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is high. I know I am always going to be a few points behind the top guys.
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I still drink vodka; I'm not an advocate of drinking, but I'm no angel. I don't like grass, because it just makes me hungry.
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If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
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Of course a woman who decides to work full time as a mother in the home can be happy and deserves full respect from us. Motherhood is one of the most challenging and creative jobs anyone can do. The goal is to remake the world so that our choices are not so stark.
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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.
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I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
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Being a conservative in Hollywood is like walking into a shooting range with a bull's-eye attached to your body. There are more of us than you would believe, but if you want to keep working, you feel like you have to keep quiet.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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For the future world-trading regime to mirror economic reality and to allow the use of modern business strategies, we need a single overarching multilateral framework for trade. We can have either a flat world or a patchwork of crisscrossing mountain ranges and tunnels.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!
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In Britain, you never get away from the fact that you're a foreigner. In the U.S., the view is it doesn't matter where you come from.
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It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.
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I consider Rashi Khanna and Regina Cassandra as my best friends. They say there are three Rs in the Telugu industry: Rakul, Rashi, and Regina. All three of us debuted in the same year, and while we all compete for the same roles, we are still the closest, and we confide in each other.
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Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too.
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I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.
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As a child, I had lived many years in Southampton and sang in the choir of the Dune Church.
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I have had two knee surgeries on my right knee: that was my jumping leg that I jumped off for years and years.
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This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.
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Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.
Mandy Bujold -
It may pass for a maxim in State, that the administration cannot be placed in too few hands, nor the legislature in too many.
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I believe that the capital of the Republic of Albania is a suitable venue for discussing the dialogue among religions and civilizations, notably in the countries of South East Europe, because we are well familiar with this country's track record of religious tolerance.
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It has well been said that the arch-flatterer, with whom all petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.
