Marsilio Ficino Quotes
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I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.
Harold H. Greene
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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
Fabiola Gianotti
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
Yehuda Berg
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I think I know a thing or two about the way people love, but I don't know anything about hatred, psychosis, cruelty. Or maybe I don't have the guts to admit that I do.
Zadie Smith
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Philip Kitcher thinks that mathematics is surprisingly like empirical science. Few mathematicians would agree; philosophers too, from Socrates on, have held the opposite opinion.
Ian Hacking
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
Barbra Streisand
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Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.
W. Averell Harriman
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All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.
Abdurrahman Wahid
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
Madeleine M. Kunin
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The Sino-Indian War in 1962 has fundamentally shaped and distorted Indian attitudes towards China. It also obscured a great deal of what has happened in China since 1962.
Pankaj Mishra
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It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
Kate Atkinson
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My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.
Naveen Jain
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The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.
Barton Gellman
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Young people like to think they're invincible. They don't like to face any situation where they've gotten weaker instead of stronger.
V. E. Schwab
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Well, it really describes what it feels like to be a normal person whose boss and friend suddenly runs for the president, and then becomes the president.
Karen Hughes
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But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem.
Zora Neale Hurston
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Back in the day, when I started, you were still allowed to make mistakes. You got to make your mistakes in public, in a way. I think the world was a more forgiving place when I started my career, in the sense that we got time and space to develop as a writer.
Val McDermid
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To conclude, therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware that they apply both to charity, and not to swelling; to use, and not to ostentation; and again, that they do not unwisely mingle or confound these learnings together.
Francis Bacon
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I'm suspicious of places that look decorated. I can understand why people do it, but you see too many cushions or a piece of fabric hanging and it's, like, 'Ugh!' A good house with good art will always work, no matter what.
Douglas Coupland
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I hated being scared when I was little. Aliens really scared me.
Claire Coffee
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You know what guys do? They stand up for people. You know why? Two reasons. It's right. And it feels good. Even if the person doesn't know what you did. Maybe especially then.
David Lubar
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Artists in each of the arts seek after and care for nothing but love.
Marsilio Ficino