Francis Bacon Quotes
They who derive their worth from their ancestors resemble potatoes, the most valuable part of which is underground.
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I study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.
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The most amazing set where I've shot 'Game of Thrones' is definitely Croatia, in Dubrovnik. It's such a stunning country with lots of good watersports there as well. Just a beautiful, beautiful place.
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Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get there it is nowhere, for there is nowhere to get to.
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I've just never been a tracksuit-wearer.
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So often, women are there just to be looked at and be objectified for the titillation of the male audience.
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It felt amazing to be one of a handful working female directors in Hollywood.
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During the Calciopoli scandal: 'A true gentleman never leaves his lady.'
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I don't think schooling of any sort really prepares you for real life. I don't know if art school would have prepared me to draw comics. Half of the people I know in comics went to art school, half of them didn't. Some of them went and dropped out.
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There's no sense in making life seem like it's a struggle, because that doesn't make anybody feel better.
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People, including business leaders, are willing to be open-minded about investment dollars when they know where they are going - and what purpose they are going to be dedicated - as opposed to just going into the black abyss of the general fund.
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The Black Panther Party stood up and said that we don't care what anybody says. We don't think fighting fire with fire is best; we think you fight fire with water best.
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I've lived in California for six years and I've never surfed.
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I've never, ever had people being aggressive to me in public or abusing me, and actually quite a lot of men do say to me, 'You're quite good' - though they can't bear to go, 'You're great.'
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The people we send to Washington have to roll up their sleeves, stop the fighting, and work together on issues that are not political, not partisan, but personal to families across our state and our nation.
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The political ramifications of our festering financial and economic crisis have reached the sidewalks of New York, as well as other large and small cities across the US.
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Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.
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I'm an actor's director. I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life.
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The general effect of viewing 'Jumanji' is thrilling. I was able to see on film a thing that at one point had only existed in my imagination. I got to see the images from my book come alive.
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The rabble also vent their rage in words.
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I'd start a revolution but I don't have timeI don't know why I'm still a nice guy.
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That decision to use basically all white models, reveals a trait that is unbecoming to modern society. It can no longer be accepted...
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My own feelings about the direction in which jazz should go are that there should be much less stress on technical exhibitionism and much more on emotional content, on what might be termed humanity in music and the freedom to say all that you want.
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They who derive their worth from their ancestors resemble potatoes, the most valuable part of which is underground.
