Francis Bacon Quotes
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I am basically a citizen of the modern world, as we all are, praise the Lord and damn us all to hell.
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A victim is a victim is a victim. We should stop setting up standards that say we will have one standard of law enforcement for one group of victims but not for another.
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I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.
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I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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A lot of young men are frustrated and looking for someone to blame.
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
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I'm not really into weight training.
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Nobody believed in the success of the Internet.
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My mother was a trained nurse, and she'd tell me that patients would fight as they were administered anaesthetic, grappling to get the gas mask off their face.
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The endless teen franchises that come out of Hollywood... more often than not, the central character doesn't have any discernible character traits. They're just the young, good-looking guy who goes on this journey. They're always played by fantastic young actors, but ultimately, they're not very interesting characters.
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Simply put, when women do well, everybody does better.
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I do everything I can to have a diverse career because I just want to have options. I know that I can do Hamlet or I can do Stanley Kowalski, you know.
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Leaving things behind and starting again is a way of coping with difficulties. I learnt very early in my life that I was able to leave a place and still remain myself.
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I wasn't making it with the violin because I was playing all of the 'long hair' stuff.
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Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.
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It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.
