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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Beelzebub is the isolated part of the human being. This part or this real human being has been obscured by religious structures.
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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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The truth is, going against the internal stream of ignorance is way more rebellious than trying to start some sort of cultural revolution.
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I was doing without for so long, not knowing the things that are normal for musicians. I was getting bookings regardless, people phoning or emailing me direct, and journalists were writing about me anyway.
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I've had a very fortunate career and I've loved every moment of it.
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You numb yourself so you're not terrified when you're on TV at 7 o'clock in the morning with Justin Bieber, who you just met a couple of days before, having to perform in front of millions of people.
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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.
