Francis Bacon Quotes
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I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
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I busted my butt all my life building companies.
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When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse.
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I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.
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My dresses are designed to win, so going through it, I think about, what do I want to represent? So, definitely, Vera Wang has been an inspiration for me.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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I love girl power.
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If you talk about Cabernet and Merlot-based value between $10 and $25, I will tell you that Bordeaux is the best value in the world.
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So, it looks like we rebuild the village and blow it apart a few more times.
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As U.S. citizens, Puerto Rico has paid their part.
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I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got.
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It's easier for China to assert its maritime power by creating artificial islands in the South China Sea than by defying the U.S. Pacific Fleet with an aircraft carrier.
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The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
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The new heroism - put a village idiot into a pressure cooker, seal it up tight, and shoot him at the moon.
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That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessness of his projecting meanings, is a truly unprecedented situation.
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Every race is not perfect; there are obviously a lot of things I can improve on at the end of the race.
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Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.
