Joseph Addison Quotes
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture.
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I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.
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I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.
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I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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Ultimately, I hypothesize that technology will one day be able to recreate a realistic representation of us as a result of the plethora of content we're creating converging with other advances in machine learning, robotics and large-scale data mining.
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Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.
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It is our historical experience, that Hungary can only live in wealth and safety if Berlin, Moscow, and Ankara are on our side and also interested in our success - even if we do not always agree on certain questions.
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The 24% unemployment reached at the depths of the Great Depression was no picnic.
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There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle for the whole woman.
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I know it's surprising, but there is a generation of people who haven't seen a Bond movie. They have no idea what it is. I want to entertain them as much as anyone else.
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I think the skin is the most important thing. If you take care of your skin, you don't really need much makeup.
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Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed.
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I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.
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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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The South of France is one of my favorite places in the world.
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I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.
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I always felt, right from a youngster, that it was my destiny to be a success. It sounds a little bit egotistical, but I felt I had a calling to do something.
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I am not looking to be understood or liked. Like me or not, I don't care. I am an outsider, that is the way I was brought up.
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People are intimidated when they first meet me, but it doesn't take them long to realise I'm just an average person.
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Mr. President, How are you going to work with people who seem to have divorced themselves from reality?
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
