Baltasar Gracian Quotes
When a man's knowledge is deep, he speaks well of an enemy. Instead of seeking revenge, he extends unexpected generosity. He turns insult into humor, ... and astonishes his adversary who finds no reason not to trust him.

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I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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Music will always be my greatest passion.
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In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladies, who stretched out their arms to me over the line, but I couldn't reach them no-how. I always fell before I got to the line.
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If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.
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Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie.
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I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
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We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.
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I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.
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I can still put down some pretty nasty stuff on paper, which is what I enjoy doing.
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My therapist would be so happy to know I'm doing all this walking. They've done a great job of putting me back together, haven't they?
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They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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I cannot be music director at La Scala and at Staatsoper. This would be unfair to one of the two institutions.
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Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
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It sounds pretentious to say I 'divide' my time, but when I am home, that usually means my house in Atlanta or my cabin in the North Georgia Mountains. The latter is where I do the majority of my writing.
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The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
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Religion is usually nothing but a supplement to or even a substitute for education, and nothing is religious in the strict sense which is not a product of freedom.
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Measures, not men, have always been my mark.
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In 'Rocky' and 'Paradise Alley,' my dad played very expressive characters, and he was out there.
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There are many people that frankly cannot get themselves to oppose Barack Obama. They make a lot of excuse for him.
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When a man's knowledge is deep, he speaks well of an enemy. Instead of seeking revenge, he extends unexpected generosity. He turns insult into humor, ... and astonishes his adversary who finds no reason not to trust him.