Baltasar Gracian Quotes
Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.
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In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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When I saw rappers in the '90s cameo in films - all of those '90s rappers - it seemed like whenever you chucked a rapper in a film, they could just act. It seemed like all rappers could act.
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I started as an actor, then became a theater director. I loved acting but didn't feel as confident as I needed to be, so I started directing theater; then I played in some movies, and then I felt the need to do my own stuff.
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I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.
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I am a good and interested mother - which has surprised me.
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The genius of Kate Middleton is that she hasn't gone too far. She's still dressing in a way that people can relate to.
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I know who in the family is a great cook. I know where the great recipes are.
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Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby.
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I never go perform somewhere alone. I've done that since day one. I've always taken other comics with me.
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Every moment in our lives is a miracle we should enjoy instead of ignoring.
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Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.
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J. L. Austin; James Opie Urmson, Geoffrey James Warnock eds. (1979) Philosophical Papers, 3rd ed. New York: Oxford.
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Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the ground beneath to the surface of the water above. There dwell the Sea King and his subjects.
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But it is hard to know them flatterers from friends, they are so obsequious, and full of protestations; for as a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.
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'The first lesson on Roke, and the last is, Do what is needful! And no more.''The lessons in between, then, must consist in learning what is needful.''They do.'
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It's Friday the 13th. my favorite holiday. Keep it weird.
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Shave a gorilla and it would be almost impossible, at twenty paces, to distinguish him from a heavyweight champion of the world. Skin a chimpanzee, and it would take an autopsy to prove he was not a theologian.
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A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.
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Have your own doctor, who answers to you. If you don't, when the time comes that you get mixed up with hospitals, they'll treat you like a fool. ... You're bound to lose your health at some point, but you don't have to lose your dignity, too.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.
