Francis Bacon Quotes
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Though many people said there is no joint border between Turkey and Montenegro, it feels like we are next to each other. We are in the same neighborhood.
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Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family issue. Trying to juggle children and a job is tough under any circumstances, but especially if you're shooting for the kind of career that involves long hours at work and being on call 24-7.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem.
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You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.
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Acting for me is very therapeutic. It's my shrink.
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The entertainment business hasn't had a new idea in years.
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I'm so happy with 'The Blacklist.' Give me more people to shoot and throw them off buildings.
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To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.
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I watch virtually no TV. All my screen time is computer time for me. When I'm not doing that I'm reading or talking to my friends who I got to know through computers.
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The movie I made with my friends in my hometown based on a dream becomes a stepping stone to 'Spider-Man.' I wish I could say this was an amazing, calculated path but... It's so weird.
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We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.
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Those that want friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts.
