Francis Bacon Quotes
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
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I am really curious about life, about why we are all here. I notice my skin is ageing, things are changing, I've seen people dying, so that's the train we are all on.
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This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
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I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.
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I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
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I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.
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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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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool. You might just really stink and not know it. You have to have a lot of blind faith in the process. You have to like it so much that you're going to do it anyway.
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I have been fortunate that publications like the 'New York Times' and 'The Wall Street Journal' have allowed me to share some of my opinions with a wider audience.
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I love people, and the hustle.
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Find a type of exercise that you love - whether it's dance, soccer, softball, anything - just as long as it keeps you active. If you love it, you'll dedicate yourself to it and stay involved.
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Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.
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A person doesn't die when he should but when he can.
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Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.
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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
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Somebody once asked me how I found Peter Jackson, and I said: 'Well, I parted his hair, and there he was.'
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Remember what Susan B. Anthony said? 'Failure is impossible.' Failure is possible if women don't vote.
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Writing was always a release for me, a great joy. It wasn't work.
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If a stranger is writing something completely fictitious, or insulting me on a blog or a tabloid, I don't take it personally.
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Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
