Michelangelo Quotes
As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touch, The stone unhewn and cold, Becomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows.
Quotes to Explore
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As you see, I do not treat the creation of fiction, that to say the invention and development of fantasies, as a form of abstract thought. I don't wish to deny the uses of the intellect, but sometimes one has the intuition that the intellect by itself will lead one nowhere.
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There have been times when I've reflected on my international career and just thought: 'Well that was a massive waste of time.' Sorry for sounding sour, but my best mate, David Beckham, got butchered after the World Cup in 1998, then my brother, Phil, after Euro 2000.
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Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws.
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Revolutions are the locomotives of history.
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A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.
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At heart, I'm a relationship guy, but my adventurous side makes it hard. I hope I'll find a balance.
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My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.
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Some people would say my paintings show a future world and maybe they do, but I paint from reality. I put several things and ideas together, and perhaps, when I have finished, it could show the future.
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When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan.
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A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesn't work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth - having an object outside of our personal point of view.
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That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best.
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At the final judgment, everyone will stand before God alone.
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Some are born who never need them, Others still who never read them, signs.
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I am a brush, the car is my track and the artist my canvas.
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Dieu est le point tangent de ze ro et de l'infini. God is the tangential point of zero and the infinite.
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Your company's most valuable asset is how it is known to customers.
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Heart's-ease is a flower which blooms from the grave of desire.
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Messi has all the conditions to be the best, but first he has to beat Maradona, Romario and then eventually Pele.
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Seeing what was needed in the hospital firsthand - someone needs to come in and just be with patients, without trying to take their blood or change the bedpan, and to give them human-to-human touch.
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Ambition can creep as well as soar.
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As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touch, The stone unhewn and cold, Becomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows.
