Francis Bacon Quotes
For the chain of causes cannot by any force be loosed or broken, nor can nature be commanded except by being obeyed.
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To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.
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I can't seem to help writing love stories. I definitely crave romance. When I was young, I craved romance in books, but I didn't want to read just romance - love plays such a big part in our lives, it shouldn't be cut out and restricted to its own fiction.
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I'd love to return to theater.
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Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.
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The bureaucracy is not great. I don't think Rick Santorum who is not one for being a big proponent of large bureaucracies would be as enthusiastic a supporter of it.
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Unlike 'real relationships', 'virtual relationships' are easy to enter and to exit. They look smart and clean, feel easy to use, when compared with the heavy, slow-moving, messy real stuff.
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In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?
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I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our freedom, our liberties.
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I know that I'm not a criminal. People say that, but my music speaks for itself. And I believe in my music.
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I'm not a big planner; I decide by intuition.
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I'm just living my life, and I'm not gonna live my life for other people.
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Why did they force us to close the banks? To instil fear in people.And spreading fear is called terrorism.
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I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.
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The Christian life is one of spiritual courage and determination lived out in our flesh.
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It's all mostly effort when it comes to this game. Maybe some of the younger guys don't have that sense of urgency we obviously need to win basketball games. I think as far as talent we have enough to get over the hump.
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My father had gone to Vietnam.
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Men are grown mechanical in head and in the heart, as well as in the hand. They have lost faith in individual endeavour, and in natural force of any kind.
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She wagged a finger at him. “You’re mispronouncing that word.” “Your pardon?” He groped, trying to remember what he’d said. “Suffragette? How does one pronounce it, then?” “Suffragette,” she said, “is pronounced with an exclamation point at the end. Like this: ‘Huzzah! Suffragettes!
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For me, speaking is work. It's not like when you breathe.
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Back in Rome I did some acting lessons and I realised I loved it more than anything else I had ever done before.
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For the chain of causes cannot by any force be loosed or broken, nor can nature be commanded except by being obeyed.
