Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
To preserve Nature's chiefest boon, that is freedom, I can find means of offence and defence, when it is assailed by ambitious tyrants, and first I will speak of the situation of the walls, and also I shall show how communities can maintain their good and just Lords.
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When I first started writing songs, I never intended on singing. I didn't really consider myself a singer at all. I was just kind of recording the demo vocals as a holding place until someone else came and sang.
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It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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I just want to stay creative, share my ideas and see where it all leads.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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I got into science because I thought that, with inspiration and hard work, I could figure out how life works.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those things occasionally but at the time it didn't feel right.
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Suppose that 'Unsolved Mysteries' called you with news of a long-lost identical twin. Would that suddenly make you less of a person, less of an individual? It is hard to see how. So, why would a clone be different? Your clone would be raised in a different era by different people - like the lost identical twin, only younger than you.
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The economic sense of possibility was so great when I was growing up that my parents had no question that I could do anything I wanted to do, even as a girl. I've always believed that the economics of a story intersects with the women's story - that stuff often happens at the time it happens because of the economy.
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I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.
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You'll see the most perfect person, and you are like, 'God, she's, like, perfect.' And then she'll tell you everything that's not perfect. Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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As we women know, there are so many other hurdles that we have to cross that I would love it if we could stop having the race conversation so that we can get women further on. You know, a female president now that we have an African American president. Maybe we can get an Asian female, a gay person?
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I am right. I`m always right. One time I thought I was wrong, I found out I was right.
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There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.
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I've gotten jobs that I think I've done the worst audition I ever did, and I got the job. I've done the best audition I've ever done in my entire life, and I haven't gotten the job.
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There's nothing good about divorce.
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That made me feel good, not to go to a resort where outside the door is extreme poverty.
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To preserve Nature's chiefest boon, that is freedom, I can find means of offence and defence, when it is assailed by ambitious tyrants, and first I will speak of the situation of the walls, and also I shall show how communities can maintain their good and just Lords.
