Francis Bacon Quotes
There was never miracle wrought by God to convert an atheist, because the light of nature might have led him to confess a God.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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I need instant gratification.
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If it's a cocktail party, I generally make five or six different things, and I try to choose recipes that feel like a meal: a chicken thing, a fish or shrimp thing, maybe two vegetable things, and I think it's fun to end the cocktail party with a sweet thing.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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We sometimes think that being a celebrity is the same as being a role model. But a role model is actually someone you can touch, talk to and dream with.
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In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.
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I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.
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I had that hunger to work and keep growing. So I started to cut hair. When I started getting better, I got my own barbershop. I had a lot of clients in my hometown, so I wouldn't stop cutting hair. That's why I think I have such discipline in my job because I've always been very responsible.
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I hate interference, and I don't interfere in others' lives.
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Many novice writers try to avoid using 'said' by substituting synonyms: 'he uttered,' 'she murmured,' 'he questioned.' It's true that any word repeated too often becomes monotonous, but substitutions for 'said' can be worse than its repetition.
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I have a strong desire to communicate what I feel about the world. That's exciting to me.
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Good men must not obey the laws too well.
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I don't like to tell lies.
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Cooking is one of the strongest ceremonies for life. When recipes are put together, the kitchen is a chemical laboratory involving air, fire, water and the earth. This is what gives value to humans and elevates their spiritual qualities. If you take a frozen box and stick it in the microwave, you become connected to the factory.
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I was going to college to be a doctor.
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Breast-feeding does not belong in the realm of facts and hard numbers; it is much too intimate and elemental.
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Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.
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Nostalgia is a powerful drug. Under its influence, ordinary songs take on dimensions and powers, like emotional superheroes.
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God says in the bible that we should love our neighbor and he created us all as equals. I know in my heart that gays and lesbians should have the same government rights that Spencer and I will when we get married. So, yes, this blonde Christian believes in gay marriage...
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He who wills believes with a fair amount of certainty that will and action are somehow one; he ascribes the success, the carrying out of the willing, to the will itself, and thereby enjoys an increase of the sensation of power which accompanies all success.
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Everything that becomes true starts with a manifesto.
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I post pictures that I want to post and say what I want to say. If that's three times a day or three times per month then whatever.
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There was never miracle wrought by God to convert an atheist, because the light of nature might have led him to confess a God.
