Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) Quotes
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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I think 'The Color of Money' was very instrumental in opening up other opportunities. People started to recognize me as an artist after that film. And then, after I did 'Bird,' it was more solidified.
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My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.
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Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.
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One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of this year. Eddie has to decide who he wants to drive, so there is no secret anywhere. I am not concerned. It does not sit with my objectives to be competitive.
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My parents had a house on the Jersey shore - I grew up right there, going down there every summer and living there. It is home for me.
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On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship.
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I do feel as if... Look, I think I'm a very kind of ordinary person, and it seems to me that things that are of interest to me will probably be of interest to other people. I'm not exceptional; I don't have exceptional thoughts.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.
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If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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A successful marriage is a decision. You decide it's going to work. You can't always be there, but you have to be there enough. And you have to make sure you are where you're needed most.
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Whatever I think the song sounds like is what I'll name it. It's a feeling thing; it's not logical at all.
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Our Government is committed to pursuing policies and programs which facilitate a further lowering of the interest rates in order to fuel investment and growth. We call on the commercial banks to partner with us in this effort.
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The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?'
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If principles don't determine what you are going to pass or do, then power will.
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I don't like to Google myself. I try and avoid it whenever I can.
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I love Toni Morrison and Jeanette Winterson. 'The Passion' is my favourite book.
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Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
