Francis Bacon Quotes
Such philosophy as shall not vanish in the fume of subtile, sublime, or delectable speculation but shall be operative to the endowment and betterment of man's life.
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I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.
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The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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It is stories - both real and fictional - that can captivate hearts, change minds and, in the most powerful examples, spur action.
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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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I know I could be the host of 'SportsCenter' in two years if I changed my show today to sports.
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For too long, Japan has been dragging its feet as it ignores the steps the U.S. has made to ensure a safe beef supply and shows a disregard for our prior trade pacts.
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?
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I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.
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When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
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I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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Education never quite gets the attention it deserves in presidential campaigns, but monster flip-flops surely do.
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If you don't have religious fallibilism, you have immense problems.
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It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so.
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In the battle between the sexes, men and women will go practically to the end of the earth in illogical, irrational ways to give each other pain.
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I'm concerned and alarmed about the images of girls and women that are broadcast every single minute.
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I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
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I can watch a movie about a person that can make me feel depressed or remind me of something else, and then later on I'll get an idea for a song.
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Such philosophy as shall not vanish in the fume of subtile, sublime, or delectable speculation but shall be operative to the endowment and betterment of man's life.
