Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes
Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
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I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
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Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.
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I love to smell like roses, literally all day!
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It's not that I don't want a fast car. I like the speed. I'm just not the type of person who finds a sports car a sexy car.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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I'm always singing and dancing and getting up in people's faces.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana, in my eighth year... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up... Of course when I came of age, I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher... but that was all.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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Marriage isn't something you agree to do one day, and if things don't go right, then it's over.
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I have no regrets. I've got my health.
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I do think from time to time that conceptual questions arise: What do we mean by equilibrium? What do we mean by this concept and that concept?
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The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
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There is no such thing as a free lunch.
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I always have a backpack. I was a poet, so it reminds me of being a backpack poet.
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I realized that lab research was the perfect path for me. It allowed me to spend every day figuring out mysteries/puzzles that have to do with what make us alive. What could be a bigger mystery or puzzle?
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I actually went to film school and was making experimental films for a short time, so it wasn't such a leap.
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Modern life ... is often a mechanical oppression and liquor is the only mechanical relief.
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I think Dutch people are very sober. I don't know if it's the right word. Like, you have the most famous person walk by some Dutch people, and they're like, 'Oh, hello.' And they maybe take a photo, but most of the time, they'll respect you and leave you alone. And if you go to some other countries they will literally mob you, go crazy.
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You may have holes in your shoes, but don't let the people out front know it. Shine the tops.
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Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
