Baltasar Gracian Quotes
There are certain inessential activities-moths of precious time-and it is worse to busy yourself with the trivial than to do nothing.
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Conservatives are charitable, forgiving, and are always - always - more willing to laugh at themselves.
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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Women with minimal access to resources and no access to child care have limited choices that too often mean low-wage and part-time labor. In rural communities in the developing world, when women farmers have unequal access to fertilizers or training, their farm productivity lags behind men.
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The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.
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In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
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Losing people is dark, but some things you just have to accept.
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I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.
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Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
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I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Rarely do you walk down the street doing anything that my grandparent's generation did. And half of that comes with the technology advances.
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As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about women's rights and value.
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I'm going to show the difference between the champ and second place.
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A resilient culture has a certain amount of resistance embedded in it. Not so much to capsize it, but enough so that it doesn't atrophy.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
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Selling to small businesses and selling to enterprises take two very different approaches with two very different kinds of people.
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Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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Comics seem to be cooking these days. It's like being a rock star.
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A fool and his money get a lot of publicity.
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As athletes, most of the time we deal with fans cussing at us, saying how much we suck.
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There are certain inessential activities-moths of precious time-and it is worse to busy yourself with the trivial than to do nothing.
