Frederick the Great Quotes
It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.
Quotes to Explore
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
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Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
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My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.
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Here's how I work: It's 2013, and most marketers are operating like it's 2009. I'm always trying to market like it's 2015, but not like it's 2020. A lot of my contemporaries who understand where the world is going, go too far out, and aren't practical. I have always prided myself on being visionary, with a heavy practicality.
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No access to me, nor my staff, will ever affect what we do to protect consumers of the state of Florida.
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I'm not dark; I'm not. The main thing I consider in accepting a role is less the tone of the movie and more whether I think it's a good film, whether I like the character and whether I think I could do it. I don't think, 'Oh, I've done X amount of dark films.'
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The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.
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I had an addiction to sugar growing up - major, major, major.
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Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving.
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I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
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The Hispanic population in this country is not a monolith. When you're in Miami, the newscast is going to be different from the newscast in Los Angeles.
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North Americans don't understand... that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also humanity.
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I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.
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I want to make sure that any young person or anyone, really, who is looking up to me - who sees a glimpse of who I am as a person - that they see no shame, that they see pride, and that I'm truly unabashed about the person that I am.
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You can be aware of the passing of time without being nostalgic.
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There are songs that I have to play!
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Medicine is learned by the bedside and not in the classroom. Let not your conceptions of disease come from words heard in the lecture room or read from the book. See, and then reason and compare and control. But see first.
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When you're younger, you worry about so many things that you don't need to worry about, like image, appearance.
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I like music. Country, hip-hop, R&B, sometimes classical.
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The child is the beauty of God present in the world, that greatest gift to a family
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It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.
