Francis Bacon Quotes
Observation and experiment for gathering material, induction and deduction for elaborating it: these are are only good intellectual tools.
Francis Bacon
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I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.
Victor LaValle
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It's important to study and understand your responsibilities within any profession, but it's particularly important for military officers to read, think, discuss, and write about the problem of war and warfare so they can understand not just the changes in the character of warfare but also the continuities.
H. R. McMaster
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The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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I sing all the time. But maybe nobody's hearing it, because I'm singing in my car or in my house or whatever. I don't need the roar of the crowd, and I don't need to hear cheers to feel validated.
Natalie Maines
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I was trained in classical piano, but it kind of dawned on me that classical pianists compete for six job openings a year, and the rest of us get to play 'Blue Moon' in a hotel lobby.
Barbara Kingsolver
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We have several million Muslims in France who are mostly moderates or non-practicing. If they feel that it is the only subject in public debate, they won't feel at home and will be tempted to withdraw to their communities.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
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It's been amazing to watch, because for 'Thor', which was always a mid-selling book, to be in the top ten for every single issue since the reboot is just a great compliment.
J. Michael Straczynski
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I was little there were times I wanted my parents to be normal. I wanted them to have a religion. I wanted them to have a job, like the parents of every other kid I went to school with.
Gael Garcia Bernal
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Well, I'm a Christian. I was a born a Presbyterian and became an Episcopalian.
Karl Rove
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Colonialism subdues in many dulcet guises. It conquered under the pretext of spreading Christianity, civilization, law and order, to make the world safe for democracy.
F. Sionil Jose
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What I love best in life is new starts.
Karl Lagerfeld
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My energy levels are off the charts. I can run all day, I breathe well, and I sweat a lot, so the toxins and impurities come out of my body.
Larry Fitzgerald
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An international race in the relevant technologies is getting under way at this point, not necessarily with an understanding of where that race leads in the long run, but strongly motivated by the short-term payoffs.
K. Eric Drexler
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There's so much that we just accept, but the reasons behind how certain rules came to be are so fascinating and funny, it just increases your affection for language.
Ursula Dubosarsky
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Understanding, above all, is a gift we should never offer uninvited.
Nan Fairbrother
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God, stay with me, let no word cross my lips that is not your word, no thoughts enter my mind that are not your thoughts, no deed ever be done or entertained by me that is not your deed.
Malcolm Muggeridge
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Take your job seriously, but don't take yourself too seriously.
Alex Trebek
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'Concentrate on measuring performance and winning will take care of itself'. That is a brilliant excuse for coming second.
Clive Woodward
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Live theater makes me nervous. I feel like I have to fake emotions, because the actors can see me.
Su-chin Pak
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You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family.
Eddie Van Halen
Van Halen
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I never know what defines you as being posh. I went to a posh school, definitely.
Jack Whitehall
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I love watching old movies, and some of the holiday-themed ones are really great. I also have a bizarre thing that I'll do: I'll turn on a foreign-language TV station, usually Spanish, and watch a whole show, riveted, even though I have no idea what anyone is saying. I don't know why I find that so addictive, but I do!
John Travolta
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Observation and experiment for gathering material, induction and deduction for elaborating it: these are are only good intellectual tools.
Francis Bacon
