Francis Bacon Quotes
The eye of understanding is like the eye of the sense; for as you may see great objects through small crannies or levels, so you may see great axioms of nature through small and contemptible instances.Francis Bacon
Quotes to Explore
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I know my life is nearing its end and I accept that.
Pat Burns -
When you cease to dream you cease to live.
Malcolm Forbes -
From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
Francesca Annis -
A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.
Ed O'Brien Radiohead -
The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
Samuel Johnson
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Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else's ideas of who you can or can't become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a 'Keep Out' sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.
Wayne Dyer -
My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.
Rafael Nadal -
I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
Fran Drescher -
I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
Lal Bahadur Shastri -
I was writing from the age of 10, and I was never really into going to discos and dances and stuff. I never told anyone at school that I did that because I feared it would alienate me even more.
Kate Bush -
Pilates is great.
Orlando Bloom
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Novels taught me that history is dramatic. I wanted my students to know that, too.
Laura Amy Schlitz -
For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information. It seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight, if it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one's fellow travelers.
Abraham Verghese -
It's a huge step up from the European Indoors to then being a gold medallist at the World Championships.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
The driving force for the Arabs is hatred of Israel. Hatred of the Jewish people.
Yitzhak Shamir -
People can very quickly have a very poor self-image. It doesn't take much.
Paddy Considine -
I really hated fighting people and hurting them, but felt unable to stop.
Jack Dee
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Every day is a gift -- start unwrapping them.
Beverly Jenkins -
What I say is that there's this culture and this vibe and this community in Brooklyn that's so amazing and wonderful, and it has influence on the world. That's the part of Brooklyn that I love and I begin to miss.
Susan Kelechi Watson -
How cool it is to see a bride walking down the aisle with a beautiful long gown with beautiful layers of tulle and organza, unveiling their mini dress at the party?
Reem Acra -
Happiness comes from the full understanding of your own being.
Marina Abramovic -
I always talk to young writers about when you make art in your room, you make art. And when you send it to New York and L.A., you have to be a professional. Of course, when you sell your book rights as an option for a movie, you have to be a professional about that.
Matthew Quick -
The eye of understanding is like the eye of the sense; for as you may see great objects through small crannies or levels, so you may see great axioms of nature through small and contemptible instances.
Francis Bacon