Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) Quotes
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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I'm very content.
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I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily discouraged by hardness of heart, easily discouraged by blindness.
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Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.
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At 10, I heard Neil Diamond's 'Solitary Man' and it moved me so deeply I stood, frozen in place during school recess, feeling such empathy for the narrator in Diamond's masterpiece that my heart was smashed.
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I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and conscription; but entirely apart from that issue, I hold that segregation in any part of the body politic is an act of slavery and an act of war.
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Revenge doesn't stop.
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Free speech is not a bogus issue. It is an issue.
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If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future.
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When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better groups, like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols, were very artificial.
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I don't think I have a black-hat image.
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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
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I learned how to comport myself among trolls, elves, hobbits or goblins. I learned that a friend can be lost to greed and avarice. I learned that solving riddles may be as important a survival skill as bowmanship. I know how to talk to a dragon, and that it's best not to.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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I get notes posted on my windscreen wipers and through my letterbox.
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Howarth began to see that, however much it was against one’s will and convictions, sides had to be taken, the dreary corrupt world of politics had to be entered by the good and dispassionate, to protect and avenge the weak. But one always entered too late.
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Because of the friends I have known, the honorable people I have met, I know I am no solitary hero of unique causes. I know now that when I die, I will live on. That which is important will live on. This is my Legacy; and by the grace of the gods, I am not alone.
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Although I was a shy child, I was also a bit flamboyant.
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I could express my feelings more easily if they could be put into the notes of music, but as the very best concert would not cover my affection for you, dear daddy, I must use the simple words of my heart, to lay before you my utmost gratitude and filial affection.
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Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive...
