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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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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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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Reading is power. Reading is life.
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I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
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Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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I kept on hearing the voice of God saying if you are going to be the minister that your mom mentioned... then you have to act. My pulpit is acting.
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Soccer players generally burn through all of their carbohydrate stores by halftime, so how are you going to replace those? That's what we do at halftime.
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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.
