Francis Bacon Quotes
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I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home.
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Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.
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Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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I love the folk-rock of the Seventies and the pop of the Eighties.
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It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
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I'm a capitalist. I believe that people take risk, and there are rewards if they do well; they should lose if they don't.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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An actor can change himself to fit a part, whereas a personality has to change the part to fit himself. The personality has to say it his own way.
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People often focus on the downsides of population growth but neglect the upsides. These upsides may even outweigh the downsides, making a larger population a good thing overall.
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Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been looking forward to it for a while.
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If you want something, work hard for it, go after it. I can't worry about all the 'no's, because I believe there's a yes, and I've been very fortunate to find those in my career and made the most of those opportunities.
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For makeup, I swear by a base of Embryolisse, Nars concealer, that Bobbie Brown foundation stick, Pat's highlighter, a brow fill-in with dark brown eyeshadow and angle brush, a groom with Anastasia brow gel, an eyelash curl, and two swipes of drugstore mascara.
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I never did steroids in my life. I know all the fighters; they are all on steroids.
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Someday, the capitalist system will disappear in the United States, because no social class system has been eternal. One day, class societies will disappear.
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But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.
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The Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was founded by religious nuts with guns. Who does Bill Clinton think stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock?
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Her hair is Harlow gold Her lips a sweet surpriseHer hands are never cold She's got Bette Davis eyes
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My dad's not a big talker.
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The secret of my success with Geraldine is that she's not a putdown of women. She's smart, she's trustful, she's loyal, she's sassy.
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I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But Ireland messed me up too much, I think, so I can't.
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Don't be scared to be intelligent. Knowledge is sexy and powerful.
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One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always.
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Boldness is ever blind; for it seeth not dangers and inconveniences.
