Francis Bacon Quotes
The dignity of this end of endowment of man's life with new commodity appeareth by the estimation that antiquity made of such as guided thereunto ; for whereas founders of states, lawgivers, extirpators of tyrants, fathers of the people, were honoured but with the titles of demigods, inventors ere ever consecrated among the gods themselves.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
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I have to protect myself because people think that because you come into 25 million homes every week, they know you. I walk the line between being gracious and being rude.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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A novel, I think, is partly about the contemporary and partly about the eternal, and it's the balance of that that's difficult to achieve.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.
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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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The closer a Negro got to the ballot box, the more he looked like a rapist.
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I would abolish the federal Department of Education and very quickly. People don't realize that the federal Department of Education gives each state 11 cents out of every school dollar that every state spends. But it comes with 15 cents worth of strings attached.
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You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
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I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.
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Every film deserves its own unique look.
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I been a cuppa Irish guys for 150 pounds.
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Ancient Egyptians went to great lengths to avoid change; they couldn't entirely do so, of course, but did preserve a cultural continuity for almost four thousand years.
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I'm not looking to do 'Half Nelson' next, but to play anything that's a little more complex is really fun.
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It must not simply be taken for granted that a given set of ill-assorted people, for no other reason than because it is Christmas, will be joyful to be reunited and to break bread together.
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The dignity of this end of endowment of man's life with new commodity appeareth by the estimation that antiquity made of such as guided thereunto ; for whereas founders of states, lawgivers, extirpators of tyrants, fathers of the people, were honoured but with the titles of demigods, inventors ere ever consecrated among the gods themselves.
