Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) Quotes
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
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The first 'Monsters, Inc.' represents starting at Pixar for me, I have a special place in my heart for it. So to be able to tell a story with those ideas is an honor.
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Central bankers have had enormous responsibilities thrust on them to compensate, essentially, for the failings of the political system. And my worry is we don't have sufficient tools to do that, but we're not willing to say it.
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My day-to-day look is inspired by comfort, color and just how I'm feeling that day.
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Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.
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I think hip-hop is no more misogynistic than America is as a society. I just think hip-hop is a lot more brash, a lot more bold, a lot more loquacious. There are a lot more words that go into a hip-hop song than go into a regular song.
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Power is every stealing from the many to the few.
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I have a degree in European history, which didn't necessarily have any direct impact on my career, but I'm grateful I studied something other than acting in college.
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You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.
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I love being photographed, I love the ramp.
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Especially on unexpected journeys, you have time; you can figure certain deeper things out, like who you are and what you want. That's why I enjoy journeys.
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You must photograph where you are involved; where you are overwhelmed by what you see before you; where you hold your breath while releasing the shutter, not because you are afraid of jarring the camera, but because you are seeing with your guts wide open to the sweet pain of an image that is part of your life.
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The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.
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The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.
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All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.
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They talked about me as if I were Mother Teresa, and that every time I get a paycheck I go and send it to poor people and that we spend every free moment helping out people less fortunate. That was an enormous exaggeration.
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I cannot believe I became some kind of hero. I'm just a common Korean woman.
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I have some sarcastic sides of me.
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I did the Vines first, and then I chose Instagram because the filters were better, and you could post the best picture of yourself, which I figured would help my modeling career.
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I grew up in such a melting pot. There's more ethnicities in Queens than there is in any place on the planet. So you grow up knowing things about other cultures.
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I used to think interacting with people in the audience, touching people in the crowd, was a total ego-based thing. I never realized how fulfilling it would be. It's more about being on the receiving end - it's people giving. That's a powerful realization.
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Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder.
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No one is born with hate in their heart. Hate is something that has been taught. It is not an innate survival skill that we need; It is a form of stupidity that penetrates our minds and will eventually destroy us.
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The challenge that so many people have is not knowing how to take that first step of reaching out to another person for help.
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It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
