Francis Bacon Quotes
We think according to nature. We speak according to rules. We act according to custom.
Francis Bacon
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Blackness is a state of mind, and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white woman. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community.
Halle Berry
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
T. E. Hulme
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Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well.
Fergus Henderson
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I realize we're not promised tomorrow. Believe me, I realize that. But if God blesses me and lets me stay, I love my life so much, it is such a good life. I am eager to throw myself at His feet, but I don't want to get on the first busload that is going.
Barbara Mandrell
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
Patrick Wilson
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Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their freedom in the name of tradition, while the state legitimates this foolishness with laws.
Okky Madasari
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Weep not children, weep not elders; I am immortal! I am immortal.
Ashfaqulla Khan
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My best friend Rosemarie and I had a very involved secret life when we were in elementary school. After we saw 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' on TV, we invented a whole secret life in which we were twins from the planet Venus, and we were in charge of the entire solar system as well as Earth.
Pat Cadigan
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... there was a part of me that wanted to be liked, and despite all my years of reporting, I never quite adjusted to the role of skunk at the garden party.
Andrea Mitchell
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The Universe is a quantum computer, and over time, it is simply more likely that structure comes out of it than noise. That means rules, patterns. That means a game. But spend long enough poking at it, and you start to see the game engine, the labyrinth of the quantum circuit, wires looping around each other, forwards and backwards.
Hannu Rajaniemi
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We think according to nature. We speak according to rules. We act according to custom.
Francis Bacon