Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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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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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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So we have progressed to the point where we can move politicians around faster than light. I'm not sure I see the advantage.
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I can’t die, he most famously liked to say. It would ruin my image.
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The night had passed completely. The morning star shone in the sky. I too had become a different person. The student of Talmud, the child I was, had been consumed by the flames. All that was left was a shape that resembled me. My soul had been invaded - and devoured - by a black flame.
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His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours.
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It takes more courage to dig deep in the dark corners of your own soul and the back alleys of your society than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.
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I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.
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'The Chosen,' if you recall, was based on the Chaim Potok novel and featured Robbie Benson's persuasive performance as a Hasidic Jew.
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Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much.
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Boldness is ever blind; for it seeth not dangers and inconveniences.
