Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) Quotes
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Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.
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Death remains about the one certain fact in the lives of each one of us, and there will be suffering, sorrow, and sadness next week as there was last week.
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Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.
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I never thought about money; otherwise, I would have left aged 26 when Real Madrid and Barcelona wanted me.
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My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
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International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.
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At Oracle, silver medal is first loser.
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I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.
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A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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My earlier exposure to physics certainly helped me in the use of biophysical techniques like crystallography, the use of computing, calculations, etc.
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What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.
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I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.
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I want to continue to remain present and grateful each day that I get to be doing what I love. Making and performing music I believe in.
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I had an addiction to sugar growing up - major, major, major.
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I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.
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The experience of being an Olympian is one that can never be taken away from you.
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I learn new things all the time.
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I don't know if you've been in any inner-city schools, but it's pretty demoralizing. The kids come to class bright-eyed, enthusiastic - entering first grade really looking forward to school. By the fourth grade they're just completely turned off, and by the time they enter high school, they see little relationship between school and employment. It's bad enough you have incompetent teachers and schools that are poorly run, understaffed, and lack material resources. It's even worse when the kids themselves don't feel they have any stake in school.
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It isn't right to be obedient only when things go well; it is much harder to be a good, obedient soldier when things go badly and times are hard. Obedience and faith at such time is a virtue.
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For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
