Francis Bacon Quotes
A man cannot speak to his son, but as a father; to his wife, but as a husband; to his enemy, but upon terms: whereas a friend may speak, as the case requires, and not as it sorteth with the person.
Quotes to Explore
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In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.
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Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
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Creation's highest aim and most sublime result is belief in God. The most exalted rank of humanity is knowledge of God.
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
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I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
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I used to have a very difficult childhood because I was always the tallest girl in school, and everybody was staring at me and saying, 'You are very different.' Now, different is good.
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I don't ever want to feel complacent.
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I graduated from the University of Whatever.
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Music videos are an especially fun thing to watch - I bet from the outside, too - because you learn so much, just like in our music... It's really fun work.
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There are lot memories to take home but the most emotional moment has been when I was touching down in New Delhi. Tears rolled down when I saw the red soil in Delhi from the plane.
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I don't enjoy being a celebrity, I don't want any part of that or any part of that fame for fame... i'd actually rather die than be a celebrity slime!!!
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As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along every so often, kill off two thirds of the population; in the next generation it's a quarter; after that it's a childhood disease.
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Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
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The interesting thing with fashion is that it's really a massive daydream.
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I'm a kid who grew up working hard.
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Everybody has a good idea, but nothing goes as planned.
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Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't want anything to get in the way of. Whether it's a man's golf game, whether it's a woman's cooking. I have a friend who has to clean. She's addicted to cleaning.
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The noble lord in this case, as in so many others, first destroys his opponent, and then destroys his own position afterwards. The noble lord is the Prince Rupert of parliamentary discussion: his charge is resistless, but when he returns from the pursuit he always finds his camp in the possession of the enemy.
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Then Aragorn stooped and looked in her face, and it was indeed white as a lily, cold as frost, and hard as graven stone. But he bent and kissed her on the brow, and called her softly, saying: 'Éowyn Éomund's daughter, awake! For your enemy has passed away!'
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I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.
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A man cannot speak to his son, but as a father; to his wife, but as a husband; to his enemy, but upon terms: whereas a friend may speak, as the case requires, and not as it sorteth with the person.
