Baltasar Gracian Quotes
There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.
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Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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I don't know what I'm meant to do. I'm not important, am I? I'm not doing anything that makes a difference.
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I do a lot of yoga, and that definitely helps. And Pilates is so good for your legs.
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Thinking of possibilities is like driving a car on a freeway. You have an open road that stretches endlessly before you where your thoughts are not shackled. But when we say 'impossible,' we have already reached a dead-end in our minds. So dwell on possibilities to open up your horizon.
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I hate overweight, because it implies that there's a weight standard I should be adhering to.
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A politician is anyone who asks individuals to surrender part of their liberty - their power and privilege - to State, Masses, Mankind, Planet Earth, or whatever. This state, those masses, that mankind, and the planet will then be run by ... politicians
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Most mothers want more of dad in their children’s lives, not less.
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You actually can’t understand American history without understanding slavery.
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Apart from cheese and tulips, the main product of the country is advocaat, a drink made from lawyers.
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This is random, but I thought I was going to have the biggest Backstreet Boys fansite. I'm not even gonna lie: I thought I was gonna marry one of the Backstreet Boys, and I was gonna be his Yoko Ono.
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If you cannot find the truth within yourself, where else do you expect to find it?
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It's easy to get carried away with yourself.
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Opportunities present themselves every day - to everyone. You just have to be alert and ready to act.
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The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.
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I am very down to earth and practical.
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'Liberace's a great film. It's a great piece of material. I have a great script and it's a great score.
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But the thing is, I was never looking at a strategic way of gaining fame. That's not why I'm doing this.
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If any mayor reduced school funding by 33 percent and called it the 'Strengthening Our Schools Initiative,' I think they'd be excoriated.
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They've been excellent appointments. These people are in the tradition of strong, well-qualified, non-ideological economists.
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With ills unending strives the putter off.
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To think that so many have succeeded in dying!
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An envious man waxeth lean with the fatness of his neighbors. Envy is the daughter of pride, the author of murder and revenge, the beginner of secret sedition and the perpetual tormentor of virtue. Envy is the filthy slime of the soul; a venom, a poison, or quicksilver which consumeth the flesh and drieth up the marrow of the bones.
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There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.
