Baltasar Gracian Quotes
Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends.
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A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
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Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
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The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.
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Even before it opened its retail arm, Beigh was renowned among pashmina cognoscenti for the quality and complexity of the work produced in its workshop, a large, airy, sunlit rectangle of a room directly across from its second-floor shop.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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If you have read me for any length of time, you know I am less than enthralled with much of what passes for financial news.
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When I was a child, I was one of the kids who wore black all the time, and when the kids asked me why I wore black, I said things like, 'I'm mourning the death of modern society.' I mean, I was a riot.
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The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.
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Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.
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It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.
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Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema.
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At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
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I think there needs some attention to be paid to what sport is going to represent to young people: should it be viewed in the competitive, team-oriented sense that it is now, or does it become a vehicle for betting, which may, in effect, change the atmosphere in the stadiums and the arenas?
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To be popular I must be mediocre.
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Men of reason have endured;men of passion have lived.
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If you own a portfolio of stocks, you must learn to sell the worst performers first and keep the best a little longer.
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People can care about changing the world. But what gets them to act is pressure and social reward.
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Wait on God and He will work, but don't wait in spiritual sulks because you cannot see an inch in front of you! Are we detached enough from our spiritual hysterics to wait on God? To wait is not to sit with folded hands, but to learn to do what we are told.
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Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends.
