Francis Bacon Quotes
It is nothing won to admit men with an open door, and to receive them with a shut and reserved countenance.
Quotes to Explore
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I had never used the prefix 'Dr.' with my name, but when I started with NASA, I had to. Otherwise, I could not get past the secretaries.
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As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.
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I could imagine actually being a scientist or a detective, but not a detective who puts his hands into gory, bloody things. But more like someone who figures things out. I like to figure things out.
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ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.
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A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
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I always start with emotion. That's where I start all of my improvisations, on the piano. I always start with the mood or the feel of where I am in that moment.
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As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples.
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I think that ISIS is a threat to our embassy, to our consulate, as well as potentially to the American people.
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I don't care if you're a man, if you're a player: If God sends you that one and your heart is in it, you'll work it out.
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With a few exceptions, birds are not to be trusted; it is not normal to have such soft, vulnerable bodies bookended with slashing beaks and razor-sharp claws. It is as unnatural as an armed marshmallow.
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Much of our brainpower goes unused, and many people could benefit greatly from optimizing their mental assets.
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Reliable data on the outsourcing of American jobs is sorely missing from the debate on globalization.
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When I sang my father's songs in concert, that was all people wanted to hear. I was always asking myself, 'Can I measure up?'
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There's the movie you write, there's the movie you shoot and the movie you edit, and often, you find that you're getting the same information out of a scene that you already have and a scene that's actually more powerful, so you have to make the tough decision to take it out.
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You had my heart inside of your hand but you played it to the beat.
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I stay subjective because that's what I do. That's one of my abilities. I don't need to watch it because I've had the adventure. I don't do low-budget acting. I do the same acting, whether I'm in a Jim Cameron or not. I always try to do good work. There's no snobbery in there.
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It is part of the irony of life that the strongest feelings of devoted gratitude of which human nature seems to be susceptible, are called forth in human beings towards those who, having the power entirely to crush their earthly existence, voluntarily refrain from using that power.
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I don't take money seriously, so I can't keep any.
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I have been tortured with longing to believe ... and the yearning grows stronger the more cogent the intellectual difficulties stand in the way.
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Music is the best way that I can communicate with other people.
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It is nothing won to admit men with an open door, and to receive them with a shut and reserved countenance.
