Baltasar Gracian Quotes
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
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I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!
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Fashion and music have always played off each other and certainly do for me; I love both so much. But there are definitely those moments when you're playing the right song at the right time in the right place, and it feels like the best job in the world.
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Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.
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I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared.
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Life in cities is not a spring but a river, or rather, a water main. It progresses like a novel, artificially.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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Actually William wasn't there for quite a bit of the time initially, he wasn't there for Freshers Week, so it did take a bit of time for us to get to know each other but we did become very close friends from quite early.
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If I had to study and work hard, it would have to have the reward of a lot of cash.
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People are struggling. They're trying to make ends meet, and they're looking for Washington to deliver for them. And they don't feel that that's been happening as quickly as it should. We share that frustration. There's no one more frustrated than President Obama.
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I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.
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If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same way you did when your were writing it.
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I think I'm a pretty well-kept secret.
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What's great about musicals is their energy and go-for-brokeness - stopping the story to sing and dance. How can you not love that?
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I'm drawn to villains that are three-dimensional and raw and that I can kind of see in my own life.
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I like Modest Mouse. I'm our biggest fan. And enemy. I won't waste people's time by putting out a Modest Mouse record just because. That's fair, right?
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You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
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I can't really dress rock 'n' roll any more because I'm the wrong side of 40, but I want that to be the fashion.
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I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.
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I've already established my (political)machinery. It's like a car. It's fixed already. You just have to get in and drive it.
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Like I always tell people, I don't pander to any audience, but you have to play to your audience.
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Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you.
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It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
