Francis Bacon Quotes
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To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.
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As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes.
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My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.
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My own wandering blood comes from my seafaring grandfather, who, after he had left the sea and settled on shore, still governed his house by a ship's rules.
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Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.
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I did one of those 'born again' things and invited Jesus to become the chairman of the board, of my life.
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That was essential to my journey: the ability to love children while simultaneously having your heart broken.
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I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.
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It's amazing how many companies aren't really in tune to the needs of different travelers. There's just so many embarrassing situations that you go through when you travel. You have to have a sense of humor about it and take it in stride. My whole approach is to embrace spontaneity.
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We needed time off from each other after our last tour because there was a lot of personal stuff we had to take care of. Eddie needed hip replacement surgery. Al needed his back worked on. And I was going to have a baby.
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What the cops did to Rodney King was wrong, and the officers who beat him should be sent straight to prison.
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I like going to Burning Man, for example. An environment where people can try new things. I think as technologists we should have some safe places where we can try out new things and figure out the effect on society. What's the effect on people, without having to deploy it to the whole world.
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Steaming maintains some of the aubergine flesh's texture, which doesn't happen if you cook it in any other way.
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There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not. You shall not deny the Stranger.
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Doesn't love show its face when it satisfies the need of the loved one, for the loved one's sake alone?
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I plan on making a lot more records, and hopefully one of them will be Grammy worthy.
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I think I'm a boxer, but then when I get hurt, I'll start scrapping.
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There is quite a lot of news coming out of Japan, which I think is putting the yen under some weakness.
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Almost any biographer, if he respects facts, can give us much more than another fact to add to our collection. He can give us the creative fact; the fertile fact; the fact that suggests and engenders.
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That is the difference we make in the world. And our own safety, our own security, depends upon our willingness to do what it takes to defend this nation and uphold the values that we stand for - timeless ideals that will endure long after those who offer only hate and destruction have been vanquished from the Earth.
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Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
