Baltasar Gracian Quotes
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Cancer is really a DNA disease... We have these certain genes that prevent our cells from growing out of control at the expense of the body. And it's a pretty good, robust system. But if a couple of these genes fail, then that's when cancer starts, and cells start growing out of control.
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If I'm among my boys or people I've grown up with, I can be immature.
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There is no substitute for jamming and getting to know each other on the road.
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I could not disobey the will of the Catalan parliament.
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Actually, my wine was served at the White House twice. Reagan must have been asleep when he ordered it.
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In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?
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We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
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Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.
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Even in real life, sometimes you find that person you click with that you get irritated by every other person in the world but you can be around this person every day and you'd be fine with it.
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It's OK to turn down stuff that isn't really interesting and spend the summer with my family.
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I come from a culture where we wear white for weddings. In India, it's different. But I really feel that there should be no set notions, and a bride should only wear something when she's comfortable in it.
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I am gluten free, dairy free and sugar free, although I do slip up on the sugar sometimes because I have a big sweet tooth!
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HB2 discriminates against fellow citizens because of who they are. This law directly challenges the legitimacy of the identity of transgender persons and then compels them to deny it every time they use a public restroom.
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There's nothing better than achieving your goals, whatever they might be.
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It is said that Obama speaks 'professorially,' a fact that understates the quickness and agility of his mind.
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I went to Disney World for the first time, and I got an ice cream cone. The kid at the booth recognized me and started tweeting... It was the first time in my life someone handed me ice cream for acting.
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You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know.
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This medal goes to show that you don't always have to have the best facilities, the best organisation, the best of everything to achieve.
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Blaming the imperialists nowadays is obviously absurd, as is blaming the Americans, who obviously don't have the slightest desire to control anything in the Middle East. The American desire is to get out as quickly as possible and the general view is that now that the Cold War is over and the Soviets are no longer a problem, we have no reason to stay there, let's get out. They will have to confront their own problems. Israel provides a useful scapegoat but it's a limited one.
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In religion as in parenthood, uncritical loyalty to our ancestors may implicate us in an injustice against our descendants: imprisoning them in the errors of our ancestors.
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I can afford to get Tesco's finest sandwiches rather than the basic ones.
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If what you're working for really matters, you'll give it all you've got.
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Dad was a retired chemist who, in his 60s, fathered and fed me and my two sisters while Mum worked as a secretary. He made us curries, Chinese meals and strange concoctions. He was often unsuccessful.
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To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.
