Baltasar Gracian Quotes
Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
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Through the continued accumulation of detailed and reliable knowledge about elementary reactions, we will be in a better position to understand, predict and control many time-dependent macroscopic chemical processes which are important in nature or to human society.
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I enjoy shopping and going on holiday.
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What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.
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I don't see divorce as a failure. I see it as the end to a story. In a story, everything has an end and a beginning.
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We have to stop the propaganda, the shameful propaganda used by Kremlin to rehabilitate these old types.
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We left my birthplace, Brooklyn, New York, in 1939 when I was 13. I enjoyed the ethnic variety and the interesting students in my public school, P.S. 134. The kids in my neighborhood were only competitive in games, although unfriendly gangs tended to define the limits of our neighborhood.
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I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable.
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There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.
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The importance of logo into today's fashion is un! be! Lievable!
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My dad is Scottish, and he read in the newspaper about the plight of the Scottish Freshwater Mussel, which is a real thing - like, a very real, serious conservation issue. And he's a writer, and he was going to do a film about a Glaswegian gangster, and then I stole the idea and turned it into a romantic comedy.
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Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.
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I firmly believe caretaking the soul is incredibly important for happiness.
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Being on a lunchbox was awesome, and being on a thermos was pretty cool, too.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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I still have in me the same awareness when I was 12 and chubby and a girl was spitting in my face. I'm the same person.
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I love bayou life.
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I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked. A lot of my contemporaries have done more. I don't have 'I will be a movie star' emblazoned on anything, but I'd like do a bit more screen stuff and then when the time is right come back to theatre. When it is good, theatre takes a lot of beating both to watch and perform.
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When things are good, you should be thanking God. I don't do enough of that. But if you get things, you should thank Him, not just take, take, take. He really listens.
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On set is where I feel comfortable. The red carpet stuff, talking about the film, explaining your own life, it doesn't come naturally. It's all necessary stuff I suppose but it's not my strength.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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Almost every year there is one package that goes out, and this year it is yet to be nailed down. There's a bunch of people talking about different things, but there is no definitive hip-hop package out there. We'll know probably in the next four weeks whether a package is going to form or not.
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Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
