Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) Quotes
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I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.
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High-energy collisions have led to the observation of many hundreds of new hadronic particle states. These new particles, which are generally unstable, appear to be just as fundamental as the neutron and the proton.
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I feel very German - and who can make himself a judge over what is German and what is not - in my ideas and the ideas of my spiritual brothers of German origin.
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I personally love the record-making more than the actually performing and travelling. It's funny, the drastic shift in lifestyle that comes with it. It certainly satisfies my more adventurous side, but it leaves little time for contemplation and all of that.
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Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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My father went to work every day, and it's my job to go to work, too. Some days will be good, some won't be so good, but I have to go to work.
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I know a lot of people who use the Internet really wisely. It enriches their lives in some way.
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Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur.
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I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.
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In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts.
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Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved.
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So long as a man rides his hobbyhorse peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him - pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it?
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I don't think anybody accepts the idea that somehow I should be punished because I actually served our country during a very difficult time post-9/11. That required me to actually be out of Arkansas for a few years.
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I'm slightly influenced by sport in that I like the idea of trying, like an athlete, to keep absolutely ready. That's an emotional thing, almost. I don't mean physically, although I play tennis. But you try to keep yourself ready.
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They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
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I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
