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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The World Bank is now the biggest culprit in the debt crisis.
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We cannot let Brussels put itself above the law.
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Visit a typical science classroom and you will discover far more than empirical facts being taught. The dominant worldview among scientific intellectuals is evolutionary naturalism, which holds that humans are essentially biochemical machines.
