Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) Quotes
To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.Petrarch
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
Barrett Foa -
I've always wanted to play a Marvel baddie. I'm not sure I fit the mold, though. Like a powerful, extraordinary woman. Somebody with superpowers would be really fun, but I'm not sure how many middle-aged women they have in Marvel.
Olivia Colman -
Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined ending and die never knowing why they were forced to endure such a painful and prolonged death. It's up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting.
Ingrid Newkirk -
I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
Ramon Rodriguez -
We shook up the industry with our landscape-changing deal to acquire Time Warner, the logical next step in our strategy to bring together world-class content with best-in-class distribution which will drive innovation and more choice for consumers.
Randall L. Stephenson -
I'm a believer in things happening for a reason.
Fleur East
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
Vance Joy -
'A living dog is better than a dead lion.' Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don't care anything about it.
Abraham Lincoln -
You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.
Gabrielle Union -
Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.
Madeleine Stowe -
I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
Karl Urban -
Pregnancy isn't 'I can eat whatever I want,' because you have to remember you're going to be stuck with a lot of that weight afterwards that you need to try to get off.
Laila Ali
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
Saint Ambrose -
I have a couple of girlfriends who've told me some horror stories but I've never had a really terrible kiss before.
Carly Rae Jepsen -
If it squares with the Scripture, then let's go. If it's in conflict with the Scripture, then it's heresy.
Randall Terry -
What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
Barry Eisler -
If I were to sum up the negative reactions to my work, I think there are two primary causes: one is that if there is discourse about anxiety it is necessarily going to induce anxiety. It will represent a return of the repressed for a great many people.
Harold Bloom -
I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
Quentin Tarantino
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My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now.
Viggo Mortensen -
The book which the reader now holds in his hands, from one end to the other, as a whole and in its details, whatever gaps, exceptions, or weaknesses it may contain, treats of the advance from evil to good, from injustice to justice, from falsity to truth, from darkness to daylight, from blind appetite to conscience, from decay to life, from bestiality to duty, from Hell to Heaven, from limbo to God. Matter itself is the starting-point, and the point of arrival is the soul. Hydra at the beginning, an angel at the end.
Victor Hugo -
A solitary ascetic is a symbol of the most cowardly egotism; a hermit who flees from his brothers instead of helping them to carry the burden of life, to work for others, and to put their shoulders to the wheel of social life, is a coward who hides himself when the battle is on, and goes to sleep drunk on an opiate.
H. P. Blavatsky -
Music's exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.
Igor Stravinsky -
Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.
John Kenneth Galbraith -
To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
Petrarch