Vittorio Alfieri Quotes
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I didn't have a long-term plan or goal. If there would have been a road map showing me the way to my dreams becoming reality, I might have given it a second thought.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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We have two trainers at the polo ground and do a mix of aerobics, gymnastics and stretches before we start riding. As polo players, it's very important for us to keep in shape. We do a bit of yoga and Pilates sometimes, too.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.
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What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn't enjoy it, hadn't the time.
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You cannot underestimate people's ability to spot a soulless, bureaucratic tactic a million miles away. It's a big reason why so many companies that have dipped a toe in social media waters have failed miserably.
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Fame, do I like it? No. It has bought a lot for me in my career, but there are a lot of downsides to it. You give up your privacy. I did it to myself but not to my family and friends. You don't ask for it. You just have to live with it.
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I just can't read music.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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Family and God - that is what's important. Money, cars, those are things that come and go.
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Music is how you feel.
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I feel bad that I'm the one always blamed for the failure of the space business - even though there are problems with government policy toward the space business.
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I'd see an old person on the street and start crying. I couldn't understand how people could cope, knowing they only had so long left. It would be like dominoes and then the last one fell and I'm a little heap on the floor. Doctors put me on anti-depressants for a couple of years.
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We are all so busy and constantly trying to save time and balance everything.
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I don't care what people do. I don't care how people remember my albums. I do them for my own reasons.
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In Washington, task forces work like Tylenol: they reduce the symptoms of scandal while leaving the substance untouched.
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My shooting technique is so poor that if someday I score from outside the box, the keeper has to be banned from football.
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Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.
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I felt Facebook had a lot of what I appreciated about government - being around a collection of really bright, thoughtful people motivated to have a positive impact.
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This was the price you paid for sleeping together. This was the end of the trap. This was what people got for loving each other.
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Alas, 'tis force alone that can compel to virtuous actions a degenerate people.
