Baltasar Gracian Quotes
It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.
Quotes to Explore
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity.
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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We're not a nation divided: we're a nation broken, and anything broken can be fixed.
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I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
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The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as 'steroids.'
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.
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People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.
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I achieved what I want to achieve and I want to continue doing something else.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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The whole borrowing clothes thing is very unnatural for me. I don't feel comfortable with that. If you like something, I'd just give it to you rather than sharing it.
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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
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I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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I hated school so bad. I only liked art class during high school. I was always smart.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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A lot of people think that because I'm from Malaysia, I'm driven by Malaysian sound, but actually, it's mostly just my melodies.
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There's something about rhetorical violence that is ugly and worrying.
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[God] will not be used as a convenience. Men or nations who think they can revive the Faith in order to make a good society might just as well think they can use the stairs of heaven as a shortcut to the nearest chemist's shop.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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I'm never going to turn down a fight.
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It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.
