Francis Bacon Quotes
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In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.
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There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.
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Early in the morning, it's super tough for me to eat right away, but I still need energy for practice. I try to start out with a protein smoothie, a green juice, or some sort of fruit.
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I don't know how I got out of some of the scrapes I was in. But I know that there's some sort of plan.
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If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.
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There's no one who has been living for centuries.
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For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that is depending on you for information and love until a certain age when it goes to school.
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You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
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Flannery O'Connor's brief life and slim output were nonetheless marked by piercing powers of observation.
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I think Beyonce always looks great.
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I'm not interested in making a $60-million studio film with a bunch of 24-year-olds telling me what to do.
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Film festivals are usually unpleasant experiences on some level. The lines are ridiculous, the crowds are ridiculous, or the schedules are impossibly arranged: 'You say that there's a film you really want to see? Try the 8 A.M. show! Oh, it's too bad you didn't get to bed until 2 A.M. the night before.'
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I've asked myself what is the worst thing that can happen if I take this decision and go along with it. Very often, I find that the worst thing that can happen is something that I can live with. And if that's the case, I will do it.
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I will have a one-hour program called the Mission Watch, where I will describe details of the mission and give additional information about the lessons from space.
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Youth is the only thing worth having.
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Life can't work for you if you don't show up as you.
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I'm no stranger to weight issues. I've had cellulite since I was about nine years old. I have enjoyed the uber support of Spanx many times.
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Academies that are founded at public expense are instituted not so much to cultivate men's natural abilities as to restrain them.
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The first thing you've got to do is know your craft, and then you can do something else with it.
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For a while, the genre seemed to be just about sex and crime. Rappers are storytellers; the stories don't need to be true!
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Great Hypocrites are the real atheists.
