Francis Bacon Quotes
Nevertheless if any skillful Servant of Nature shall bring force to bear on matter, and shall vex it and drive it to extremities as if with the purpose of reducing it to nothing, then will matter (since annihilation or true destruction is not possible except by the omnipotence of God) finding itself in these straits, turn and transform itself into strange shapes, passing from one change to another till it has gone through the whole circle and finished the period.
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Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
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To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
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The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.
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With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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When I'm singing, I connect the dots with notes.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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I don't know if we are the best team in the world. I am lucky to be playing alongside some of the best players around. It's a dream.
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We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
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Any perjury case is a tough case. You just don't go on 'he said-she said.' You have to find corroborating evidence.
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When I was little, I didn't smile much. Don't get me wrong. I was a happy kid, but I couldn't stand the space, dead center, in between my teeth. Yeah, I could whistle through it, but so what? That didn't win me many points on the playground in Medfield, Massachusetts.
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I love the water. Everything about it. Smelling the humidity in the air, seeing the mist rise in the morning, feeling the dew-wet grass on my bare feet. I love watching the fish jump and the geese land. We even have an eagle here that circles every so often.
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Courage means standing next to someone you don't always agree with for the betterment of the country.
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I want to retire very early, by the time I am 40, and go to live in Italy.
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Cisco has never and will never work with a foreign government of any type for the purpose of restricting political speech.
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Shakespeare is just some bloke who keeps ranting "what light trough yonder window breaks" its the moon for god sakes!
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Nevertheless if any skillful Servant of Nature shall bring force to bear on matter, and shall vex it and drive it to extremities as if with the purpose of reducing it to nothing, then will matter (since annihilation or true destruction is not possible except by the omnipotence of God) finding itself in these straits, turn and transform itself into strange shapes, passing from one change to another till it has gone through the whole circle and finished the period.
