Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes
In short, let it be your maxim through life, to know all you can know, yourself; and never to trust implicitly to the informations of others.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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One rose says more than the dozen.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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We think that in Mexico, online trading of shares and financial instruments is not going to be as important as it is in the U.S. On days that there is a banking holiday in the U.S., you hardly see any movement here on the stock exchange.
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Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body.
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I don't really shop any more. I only do it when I have to. I think it is very overrated.
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'All in With Laila Ali' is educational, inspirational, compelling programming profiling individuals that have reached for the sky, pushed themselves to the limit and did things that you would think were impossible.
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I actually don't think there is any difference between French and American cuisine. French cuisine was always about discipline, about ingredient, about creativity, but also about simple. I see America as very similar in these rights.
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Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
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I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.
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Our reactor actually burns nuclear waste as fuel. So not only is it safe and powerful, it solves an important issue: It actually reduces nuclear waste instead of creating. It's the reactor of your dreams.
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I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker.
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You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat - you have to graze all day long.
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Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure.
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As for all those mistakes I make - they are on purpose - to teach you how to deal with them.
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The First Amendment...begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'.
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Man is as much a slave to his immediate surroundings now as he was when he lived in tree-huts. Give him the highest, the most exciting thoughts about man's place in the universe, the meaning of history; they can all be snuffed out in a moment if he wants his dinner, or feels irritated by a child squalling on a bus. He is bound by pettiness.
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In short, let it be your maxim through life, to know all you can know, yourself; and never to trust implicitly to the informations of others.
