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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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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We've been performing with symphonies all of our career and it sounds so wonderful when they play 'My Girl' with the large string section, I want to turn around and look.
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Most of the people at my headline shows are in their 20s, but it varies a ton: like, I've had a six-year-old hug my leg after the show and a 60-year-old shake my hand. It's cool to see people connecting with the music across different generations.
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When I got to Florida, I was a British kid, but I was also an Indian kid: a brown kid with an English accent. Talk about being an outsider. And that's become the theme of a lot of the stuff I write about.
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Unlike productions in the other arts, all television shows are born to destroy two other shows.
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[Rock 'n' roll] music started out with some cat banging a log with a couple of pieces of stick. He sent a message across a river and although the cat on the other side receiving the message didn't know the exact words, he did understand basically something about what was being communicated.
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In an ecology of love, people can relate in trust and face the future without fear. They do not need to play it safe. They can take uncertainty in their stride.
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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.