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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People expect to see white guys, Sunday afternoon, on 'Face the Nation.' And people with a direct interest in politics do watch those shows. But not a lot of normal people watch those shows. But, 'Real Time With Bill Maher,' it's unbelievable how many people watch that.
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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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Theres so many fish in the sea That only rise up in the sweat and smoke like mercury
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Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.
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Mostly in movies an actor has to come to a mark, an X, and deliver his line - but that's so artificial, that's not how people really behave.
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If you want to see a man come to his senses, try something like, Do you happen to carry a rubber in your wallet? Did I mention I'm not on the pill?
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Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.
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Boldness is ever blind; for it seeth not dangers and inconveniences.
