Baltasar Gracian Quotes
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.

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A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
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I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
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I kind of have my little OCD wood shed at my house where everything is just right when I go write.
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I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.
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I'm an actor in between jobs right now, so I kind of live the life of a 7-year old.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.
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But I think we need the international market.
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Polls that have been taken by kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers indicate that 30 percent of the kids have been deprived in some way so that they are physically unable to keep up with the class.
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I got a part in a package of commercials for this big drugstore from the age of 6 to 10. For four years I shot those commercials, and old ladies would stop me on the street and grab my cheeks. That's how it started.
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I'm a warrior for the middle class.
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
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There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.
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Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.
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I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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Our main source of economy is agriculture. What we should do is to use the oil money that we have today to re-fuel agriculture. And so agriculture will be the backbone of the economy of South Sudan.
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I'm an ambitious person. I never consider myself in competition with anyone, and I'm not saying that from an arrogant standpoint, it's just that my journey started so, so long ago, and I'm still on it and I won't stand still.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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I do not want to ask people to go consume something unless I think it is important in some way.
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I have not that joy in the Holy Ghost, no settled, lasting joy; nor have I such a peace as excludes the possibility either of fear or doubt.
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Obviously it is right that the Afghans take responsibility for their own future in the end, but they need to know and feel that we are there as partners for them if they are prepared to make the necessary changes. But we should be in no doubt as to why we are in Afghanistan. We ended up there because terrorism hatched there erupted thousands of miles away in New York on Sept. 11.
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Probability but no truth, facility but no freedom--it is owing to these two fruits that the tree of knowledge cannot be confused with the tree of life.
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When I look at music, everything is blurred, and I like it that way. I grew up like that, hanging out with different types of people who listened to so many different types of music. I never wanted to be part of any one clique. I loved it all.
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Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.