Francis Bacon Quotes
Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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Free people make the only milieu possible in society for the full gift of one's self to church, state, and family. Free people enjoy and sustain and feel with one another because they live for one another. The paths of life are intermingled lives.
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
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At university, I had been obsessed with reading about the lives of Rimbaud and Baudelaire, and I was steeped in the crazy poets, and I came to view my early subjects through that prism.
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It's so fascinating to think about how each snowflake is completely individual - there are millions and millions of them, but each one is so unique.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
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I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.
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We try to guide with a light touch. Sometimes we can be helpful, and my goal with my team, both on the series side and on the film side, is that the collaboration should always be invited. In other words, we're not looking to impose our view on the filmmaker; we hire a storyteller because we love the story, and we love their ability to tell it.
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There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
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I have no desire to enter politics. Because I am not suited for that.
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I love doing voice-over. It's one of my favorite things.
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Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.
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I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.
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No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.
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One time I went into a restroom and a girl followed me in. I signed an autograph for her in the sink. It was pretty funny because she was in a guy's restroom and she wasn't embarrassed at all.
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Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
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I don't know, maybe I'm immature, but I still find it funny if I dump cold water on my girlfriend when she's in the shower.
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My favorite meal is I'll make like a three-bean soup and I freeze half of it. But I'm also a big fan of meat alternatives, so I can still have my chicken and mashed potatoes and green beans, but I just have the chicken from a plant-based thing.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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My philosophy is familiarity breeds contempt.
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Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.
