Fernando Pessoa Quotes
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Through the ages, from the beginning of time, I'm certain man has covered woman's face with masks. They are, however, his masks, not hers.
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We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on.
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When a loved one passes, there are mixed emotions, and a thirst to live one's own life more deeply can certainly be among them.
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Commercials on television are similar to sex and taxes; the more talk there is about them, the less likely they are to be curbed.
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Early in the winter of 2002, I gave my life to the Lord. Before I was one, I always thought being a Christian would be boring. In reality, it has been the complete opposite.
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I've done literally 100, 150 different characters.
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The width of a line may present the idea of infinity. An epigram may contain a world. In the same way, a small picture format may be much more living, much more leavening, stirring, awakening, than square yards of wall space.
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The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.'
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Jake, why are you sitting in the front? I thought you liked it in the rear.
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Titles are marks of honest men, and wise;The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
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God does not exist-religion in science is an absurdity, in practice an immorality and in men a disease.
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Fashion is not enough anymore. It's not just about what you wear. I mean, I don't know how many women can afford to take the time to come to Paris for three fittings.
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As with any large investment, it can be emotionally difficult to abandon a line of research when it isn't working out. But in science, if something isn't working, you have to toss it out and try something else.
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You want to close the income inequality gap in part? Give us better educated kids out of high school. Give us kids that can challenge and succeed in the challenge with technology. You give us those kinds of kids, and watch the needle move.
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I'd rather deal with a Mob guy shaking hands on a deal than a Hollywood lawyer, who, the minute you get the contract signed, is trying to figure out how to screw you.
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As we lay hold upon the truth of God, its influence must affect us. It must elevate us. It must remove from us every imperfection.
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When I ran for secretary of agriculture in Iowa in 1996, people... were sure that Iowans would not consider electing a woman to that position.
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I oppose any proposal for the federal government to build and operate a nationwide 5G network.
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Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.
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Grace is always natural, though that does not prevent its being often used to hide a lie. The rude shocks and uncomfortably constraining influences of life disappear among graceful women and poetical men; they are the most deceptive beings in creation; distrust and doubt cannot stand before them; they create what they imagine; if they do not lie to others, they do to their own hearts; for illusion is their element, fiction their vocation, and pleasures in appearance their happiness. Beware of grace in woman, and poetry in man -- weapons the more dangerous because the least dreaded!
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The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.
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Enthusiasm is rude.
