Francis Bacon Quotes
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
Quotes to Explore
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Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts.
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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life.
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There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along.
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I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.
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Even though I had been boxing, I had no idea I could beat somebody in the ring. And I had no idea I could really take a punch. When I realized that, I really started taking off.
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I think people have a hard time thinking that I could've done a sitcom.
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Working with Sturges was like working with a guy who wanted to have a party all the time. He was very serious about his work, but in between shots, he was fun and we would play games.
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If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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Eating is one of the great pleasures of life.
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When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
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Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.
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I think eating in itself is the act of great sensuality, so all you have to do is point the camera in the right direction.
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I think Hollywood makes the mistake of mixing all these identities and cultures, mostly from the Middle East.
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I have no personal ambitions. I consider it a great privilege to have been given an opportunity to serve, through the Congress party, the people of India. I think that itself is a great reward. I have no personal ambitions in that regard.
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I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.
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When you put the interest of a kid on money instead of heart then you're destroying the beauty of our lives and our thought process, which should be about how much responsibilities you carry as an athlete and a citizen.
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From the time you are a tiny baby, a parent's love is usually unconditional. Whatever you do, your parents think you are the tops, but when their memory goes, you stop recouping the love you've put in.
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I just listen to quite random songs; I don't like really particular artists or bands.
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I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature.
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No one likes the fellow who is all rogue, but we'll forgive him almost anything if there is warmth of human sympathy underneath his rogueries. The immortal types of comedy are just such men.
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The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
