Francis Bacon Quotes
When any of the four pillars of government-religion, justice, counsel, and treasure-are mainly shaken or weakened, men had need to pray for fair weather.
Quotes to Explore
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When Occupy Wall Street happened, I took my money out of Citibank. I already had problems with all the banks - Citibank, Bank of America - but I was kind of just too lazy to take my money out until I saw how Citibank responded to Occupy Wall Street.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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I firmly believe that with President Trump in the White House, we have such a great opportunity as conservatives.
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Inevitably, I think the people that want to work with me are also the people that I want to work with.
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
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I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.
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To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.
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I think when you suffer a tremendous loss, everybody needs love and support in tangible ways. And that's what people have done for us.
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I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.
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The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.
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Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spending time with my family, friends and dog are what I'm usually doing when I'm not working on something.
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The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming.
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I didn't want to do movies with hundreds of camels crossing the desert followed by tanks and this and that.
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I am wired like a CEO and care a great deal about the bottom line, but I care about my customers even more than that. That's always been my competitive advantage.
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I've been into horses as far back as I can remember. There is a particular kind here in America called the 'quarter horse' that I'm very interested in.
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I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.
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I was not really as good as I should have been.
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I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.
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Painting, like passion, is a living voice, which, when I hear it, I must let it speak, unfettered.
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We're seeing a reaction - and people taking to the streets with pots and pans - in areas where the independence movement isn't supposed to exist. People have to choose between one model and another. Everyone in Catalonia has realised that not taking part means ratifying the politics of repression of the Spanish government.
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Iran is an anti-Semitic, terrorist government.
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Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.
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I don't enjoy public attention. I don't like being recognised, being clicked, or being written about. But then it is destiny. I am just going with the flow.
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When any of the four pillars of government-religion, justice, counsel, and treasure-are mainly shaken or weakened, men had need to pray for fair weather.
