Francois Rabelais Quotes
There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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Maybe the real secret to America's greatness is that we hate one another.
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In international relations, you don't base your work on hope.
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The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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During the decade following the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA, the problem of translation - namely, how genetic information is used to synthesize proteins - was a central topic in molecular biology.
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I have an appetite to always learn.
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I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
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My stepfather gave me a Kodak camera when I was 17 years old. I started working at a local photo store in Le Havre, France, taking passport pictures and photographing weddings.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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My father's peripatetic career also gave me critical perspective when it came to my own career choices.
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I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go.
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I love cars, but I love bikes more.
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Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.
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It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
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Many actors come and disappear into oblivion. But not Salman Khan.
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If anyone conceives that he is loved by another, and believes that he has given no cause for such love, he will love that other in return.
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It's through engagement with the world, and not separation from it, that something with meaning gets produced.
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In 1971, the U.S. 'closed the gold window,' starting an era of global fiat money reference-pricing that has been unprecedented in history. Never before had the world operated on the basis of no country anywhere having a currency tied to something with intrinsic value like gold.
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
