Francis Bacon Quotes
It would be unsound fancy and self-contradictory to expect that things which have never yet been done can be done except by means which have never yet been tried.
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The art of life is to show your hand.
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In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.
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Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here.
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Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.
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Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.
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Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
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I have my own show at 28 and a Golden Globe. So, yes, I face rejection, but I've also been very fortunate and understand how fortunate I am.
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Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.
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I know that I've seen a mannerism, or a way I've cried, or something, where I see a flash of my parents.
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Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier.
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And as a Member of this body, I believe firmly that States do have rights, and I believe that local communities have rights, and they have made decisions to allow these businesses to prosper as they are a big part of their economy.
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Health care got done because there were a lot of people out there who aren't professional politicians, but are citizens, who pushed for it even when the politics was hard.
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The programs constantly repeat themselves and one another. No one has yet had the nerve to say, 'As we have nothing sensible to tell you between now and 8:30, please tune in again then.
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Sigmund Freud was once asked to describe the characteristics of maturity, and he replied: lieben un arbeiten ("loving and working"). The mature adult is one who can love and allow himself or herself to be loved and who can work productively, meaningfully, and with satisfaction.
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God hands gifts to some, whispers them to others.
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Literature is the supreme means by which you renew your sensuous and emotional life and learn a new awareness.
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God is sovereign. His grace cannot be tamed.
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As football gets more globalised, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.
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Life with another person is always difficult.
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George Harrison was a fabulous, fabulous, fabulous guitarist, and a wonderful example of what a rock star should be. I totally revered him as an innovator. He was always fresh, daring, magnificently melodic, full of spiritual quality, and totally conscious of the chord structure beneath the solo. And he had the courage to play simple. He never took refuge in effects, or tried to impress with speed. I hope he knew how much we all loved and respected him.
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I’m sort of like Costco. I’m big, I’m not fancy and I dare you to not like me.
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It would be unsound fancy and self-contradictory to expect that things which have never yet been done can be done except by means which have never yet been tried.
