Francis Bacon Quotes
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I didn't know much about golf growing up.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design.
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I was the 'no one understands me' teenager. But I think truly I've realized now that I didn't understand a thing myself. So I just had some livin' to do.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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The essential problems remain the same... The kids I write about are asking for the same things I wanted. They want two contradictory things. They want to be the same as everyone else, and they want to be different from everyone else. They want acceptance for both.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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Kids have a weird honesty, especially in their reaction to things where a lot of older people who have matured have lost that.
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It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.
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Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.
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I know what falling off the cliff means. I know from being considered a very bright kid to being considered like a moron and dropping out of school.
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Downloading songs is not good.
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There have been so many great moments in golf that you even forget some of them.
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Both 'Oz' and 'Homicide,' they're critically admired, so it's not like they're really neglected, but I wish they'd found bigger audiences.
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I tend to sleep in the nude... I'm a sensual-leaning woman. You have to use the word 'leaning' or it sounds like I'm boasting.
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A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
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I am drawn to characters so full of internal contradictions. Idi Amin was one. I loved writing him.
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I try to parent equally, but I think little girls are a little more sensitive.
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The best way to get started on the path to sharing your work is to think about what you want to learn, and make a commitment to learning in front of others.
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States are great engines moving slowly.
