Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Is not cant the materia prima of the devil, from which all falsehoods, imbecilities, abominations, body themselves, from which no true thing can come? For cant is itself the properly a double-distilled lie, the second power of a lie.
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With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.
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I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'
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Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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I try and groom myself, be it through fitness or dance.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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The ideal would be to have a career like Meryl Streep's or Kate Winslet's. It's just unbelievable how they manage to make such incredible choices one after the other. If you could have a career anything like that, then that would be a great thing.
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What's been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts.
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I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes.
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We owe it to all our veterans to make sure they have a chance to achieve the American Dream, just like the rest of us.
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If there is one constant to my life, it is that you cannot tell me 'no.'
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The weird thing was that Soft Cell was supposed to have come and gone before I started the album.
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
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You can take risks with the characters and their development in a standalone novel.
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The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.
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Giving subsidies is a two-edged sword. Once you give it, it's very hard to take away subsidies. There's a political cost to taking away subsidies.
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Marriage. Isn't it great? Each time you fall back in love with your [spouse] it gets better and better.
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If rape and poison, dagger and burning, have still not embroidered their pleasant designs on the banal canvas of our pitiable destinies, it’s because our souls, alas, are not bold enough!
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I am not a man in decent shape.
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The goal must be to expand ourselves beyond one field of focus and use our improved access to information to solve the very real and extreme economic, environmental, and resource challenges we face as an interconnected, global society.
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I really like food. Honestly, anytime I have time off, I binge-watch Netflix and eat chicken tenders. That's my guilty pleasure. Separate or together!
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Is not cant the materia prima of the devil, from which all falsehoods, imbecilities, abominations, body themselves, from which no true thing can come? For cant is itself the properly a double-distilled lie, the second power of a lie.
