Francis Bacon Quotes
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
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It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books.
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Any child knows that history can only be a reduced representation of reality, but it must be a true one, not distorted by queer lenses.
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I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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I think there are a lot more important things than art in the world. But not to me.
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Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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In the past, people worked together only when some great disaster threatened.
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I am upset and completely disappointed in the government, the millionaires and billionaires in the U.S. See what's happening to the country? Look at all the health problems, the economy, the recession and crime.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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A Microsoft-Yahoo merger is a deal only an investment banker could love.
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There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients.
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I consider myself a fairly ethical individual while I do have a lot of dichotomies within me. We're all victims of our own hypocrisy at times.
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It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.
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I'm not gonna be broke, like my mom was broke, my uncles were broke, my sisters didn't have money, my cousins on down.
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I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball.
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I was never for Richard Nixon until Watergate.
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I work extremely hard to stay positive and happy. But I get sad and anxious, too, just like everyone.
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World-view is a product of life-view, not vice versa.
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I love theater. That's what I did in Mexico City. I did a lot of musical theater, and it's where my heart is.
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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
