Francis Bacon Quotes
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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The stratosphere is a hostile place.
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Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.
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I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect.
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When the faith is strong enough, it is sufficient just to be. It's a journey towards simplicity, towards quietness, towards a kind of joy that is not in time. It's a journey that has taken us from primary identification with our body and our psyche, on to an identification with God, and ultimately beyond identification.
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I don't doubt a number of those ballots, of those votes that were cast for me, probably were intended for Vice President Gore.
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I love Sam Mendes. He's a fantastic director.
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3D printing is going to transform our societies, our freedoms and our sense of security.
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I don't understand the ones that have no sense of hope and invest in hate. That's not gonna work out, you know? It's a waste of your time!
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I've never been interested enough to have a career trajectory. I've never had any ambition or thought of what I should be doing or had any idea of what I'd like to do. Never. And still don't. And if something comes along, I say 'Fine.'
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For investors who do want to speculate in high-yield bonds, one alternative may be a junk bond mutual fund, which can offer investors the relative safety of diversification.
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Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
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I feel like this whole idea of wanting something that you don't really have is also very American in a way.
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Africa the continent is not just what we see on the news. It's... not AIDS, and it's not just war and poverty. It's so much more. It's an abundant continent, and Botswana is an abundant place.
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I've been gearing up for this future of writing a lot of new music by digging into my favorite old stuff, and twisting it around and highlighting the things I really love.
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I'm not a stock expert by any means. Stocks go up; they go down.
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When I lump all my sins together and confess them en masse, I neglect to feel the pain or embarrassment or shame that should be elicited in me.
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If you have an orderly mind, you'll be a winner no matter where you end up. If your mind is a jumble of junk, you'll be a loser. It's as simple as that.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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Fear is born in uncertainty and nourished by pessimism.
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Life is a tragedy wherein we sit as spectators for a while and then act our part in it.
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Last night I dreamt I ate a ten pound marshmallow. When I woke up the pillow was gone.
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Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.
