Francis Bacon Quotes
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The unlikely combination of potatoes and pasta does appear in some Italian recipes.
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Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
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An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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I was sort of the class-clown type, and I was also in school plays, and I always liked comedy.
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I remain fascinated by where you go as a woman once you are a mother, and if you ever come back.
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The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.
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I love - you know, I'm a big fan of Prince and Curtis Mayfield and Smoky Robinson. It's something to be said about a man who can be very masculine but still display that sensitive side, and that falsetto does it perfectly.
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I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates.
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I wasn't a social butterfly at all.
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We'll support anyone who's doing something fresh.
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Anything that looks good makes you feel better.
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It was very difficult to control the descent. At a height of seven kilometres, I catapulted out of my capsule and parachuted down to Earth. I was very familiar with parachutes because I was a sky diver before.
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Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will be an anchor for all of West Africa. Africa needs a strong Nigeria.
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I've seen my mother struggling, everything that she did to raise me and my brothers and my sisters, and I know the anger that she went through.
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A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
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I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that.
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I never buy what someone says is 'in' or a 'must-have.' I buy what makes me happy.
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Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.
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I still like the King's Road. It is very alive; it is a hustle of things from different countries and so on. It is lovely.
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Women need to think about where they've been, where they are, where they're going, and how they're going to get there.
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If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
