Francis Bacon Quotes
The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a meeting, or knot, of a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together : so are there a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.
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In the end, I think part of my problem was that I was a better legislator than I was a politician.
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I had seen a Pfizer's pilot plant in 1965 and decided that, 'I'll build a Pfizer.' If not Pfizer, I have built Dr Reddy's, which is no less respectable.
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Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building after seeing Italy.
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…Novello should be extremely grateful that his innubile daughter was being taken off his hands by a Tasca.
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If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.
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I think Shakespeare, at his heart, was just the way all of us are that make movies: He wanted to entertain people.
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Structure your cross-training appropriately by alternating the intensity of your sessions so you work, recover, work, recover.
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I think I could have been quite difficult to fathom as a youngster, this kid who didn't talk about himself very much.
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I have two nexuses of sadness about the Mormon Church. The first is the effect the Church's position on homosexuality has on Mormons.
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The great ideals of liberty and equality are preserved against the assaults of opportunism, the expediency of the passing hour, the erosion of small encroachments, the scorn and derision of those who have no patience with general principles.
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No one's serious at seventeen.
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Don't tell lies, ever. No matter what - not even little white lies.
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Your heavenly home was bought for a price, and that payment results in a title deed that can never be lost through foreclosure.
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Calamity was ordained for man.
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I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree and climb black branches up a snow-white trunk Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again. That would be good both going and coming back. One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.
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Religion in a magistrate strengthens his authority, because it procures veneration, and gains a reputation to it. In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is in reality so much power.
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We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.
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The correct rate of speed in innovating changes in long-standing social customs has not yet been determined by even the most expert of the experts. Personally I am beginning to think there is more danger in lagging than in speeding up cultural change to keep pace with mechanical change.
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I've been really fortunate that I've been at a lot of critical crossroads in my musical journey. When I look back, there are some pretty interesting things to look at.
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The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a meeting, or knot, of a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together : so are there a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.
