Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) Quotes
Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal!Petrarch
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Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.
Ibrahim Babangida -
I hadn't watched any Hitchcock movies when I made 'Tom at the Farm,' except for 'Vertigo' when I was 8 years old. I don't have a sophisticated film knowledge, but I have seen the legacy of classic movies in broader entertainment.
Xavier Dolan -
A lot of women find that their workwear acts as armour.
Kate Reardon -
I love Ray Mears. He's brilliant. He's so rude about me in the press, it's outrageous!
Bear Grylls -
You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
Randy Jackson Breakfast Club -
I guess I've always been really attracted to period pieces and always felt visually I was probably more made for the '50s or the early '60s than I am for a modern day.
Carla Gugino
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
Dan Gilbert -
Oftentimes, people stay where they are in life simply because of fear. But do you know that fear isn't reality? It's only a thought in your mind.
Victoria Osteen -
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Omar Khayyam -
I want to pick good projects, I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity. Sanity would be good. I'd like to have a little sanity!
Rachel McAdams -
I would love to work with the great movie actors of our time.
Omri Katz -
As I have seen with a lot of companies I have covered, acquisition interest can be a heady experience, and not always in a good way.
Kara Swisher
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Let's be honest, the physical attracts me first. Then if you get to know the man's mind and soul and heart, that's icing on the cake.
Lana Turner -
I am a huge, huge fan of the plain white tee. A good-fitting, vintage plain white t-shirt, like the 'boyfriend shirt', is the sexiest thing a girl can wear. It goes with anything, fancy or casual.
Zoe Kravitz -
If you're doing a prison show, HBO is the absolute best place in the world to be doing that because you're not going to have to do all that, you know, 'Prison Break' stuff where you can't really behave and speak like people do in a maximum-security prison.
J. K. Simmons -
If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.
Carlos Slim -
The thing that I love about 'Scandal' is every character, it's not clear if they're good or bad. Everyone is both good and bad.
Nazanin Boniadi -
I really like children to watch my movies.
Jackie Chan
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Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies.
Antoine Fuqua -
I've always been an environmentalist, but my life changed the day I had children. I realized that I wasn't doing enough to protect the planet. People need nature, and of course I want my children to have the best possible opportunity in life. I also realized how important it was for me to raise them to be conscientious people that are aware of their impact on the earth.
Julia Roberts -
To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
Laura Moser -
I have always needed other musicians to bounce off.
Christine McVie Fleetwood Mac -
Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal!
Petrarch