Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) Quotes
Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.
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I'm drawn to villains that are three-dimensional and raw and that I can kind of see in my own life.
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Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.
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When she was in United States, we maintained contact, we talked to each other on the phone, almost every night. And there was one occasion I tried to fix this video conferencing but somehow it did not come out very well enough so better to talk on the phone.
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Every time you think television has hit its lowest ebb, a new...program comes along to make you wonder where you thought the ebb was.
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When I was mayor of Tulsa, Tulsa County was in nonattainment of the 1979 ozone NAAQS, so I have seen firsthand the economic impacts associated with the challenges of attainment and the legacy of EPA intervention that continues long after meeting the standard.
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It's easy to look at where your pieces are now and place the next one nearby.
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I read a lot, very passionately, from the time I was very young, but it was a constant battle; my mother would more or less let me be, but with my father, I was always searching for a place where he wouldn't find me. Whenever he saw me reading, he would tell me to put the book down and go outside, act like a normal person.
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Hitler was good in the beginning, but he went too far.
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Moms Mabley blazed a path for female stand-ups in a housecoat and floppy hat. Phyllis Diller worked equally hard to make herself unattractive to men and non-threatening to women.
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The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.
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I've kind of done everything late.
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..a revolt against an established order in painting, a revolt against an established order in society, a same spirit of provocation..
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When I think about my ideal free day, it usually involves going into London and sitting in a nice coffeehouse with cake and coffee, but I would probably still have my notebook in my pocket.
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When self-important people and powerful institutions are governed by illusion, history has a way of biting back.
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The spirit of a country, if it is to be true to itself, needs continually to draw great breaths of inspiration from the simple realities of the country; from the smell of its soil, the pattern of its fields, the beauty of its scenery and from the men and women who dwell and toil in the rural areas.
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It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.
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Poetry has a small audience, but a large influence.
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The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters, long before the shooting begins.
