Francis Bacon Quotes
If my people look as if they're in a dreadful fix, it's because I can't get them out of a technical dilemma.
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When belief in a god dies, the god dies.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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I picked up 'The Hunger Games' thinking it was written at my regressed reading level. I've spent hours reading it, and I'm not even halfway through. Our bass player, whose name is also Nate, ended up reading all three novels and loved them.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.
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The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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Life is such a tragicomedy.
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I love walks, hiking, exploring and being on the beach.
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Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.
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I loved Allan Dwan. He was a tough old guy.
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Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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It's very important to reveal the mystery of the pyramid. Science in archaeology is very important. People all over the world are waiting to solve this mystery.
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With the BBC Sound list, it's just humbling even being put aside those other musicians - people like Alicia Kava, who I am a huge fan of.
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The time has come to underscore the fact that our and others' rights are contingent on our willingness to assert and defend them.
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The Appropriations Committee in the Senate is out of control, out of control on spending.
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When trees mature, it is fair and moral that they are cut for man's use, as they would soon decay and return to the earth. Trees have a yearning to live again, perhaps to provide the beauty, strength and utility to serve man, even to become an object of great artistic worth.
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If my people look as if they're in a dreadful fix, it's because I can't get them out of a technical dilemma.
