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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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
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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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Just because you are out doesn't make you the poster boy for the gay community.
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Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the truth.
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It's not the number of trucks parked outside that make a movie interesting but if you have more money, you have more time. More time enables you to try out other possibilities or follow an interesting lead. I don't like indulgence, but to have more possibilities is always more interesting.
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Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world be like in another 20 or 30 years? The answer is: much like today. Cloning would only copy the genetic aspects of people who are already here.
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One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change.
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Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
