The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Our state has a balanced budget. We have to live within our means in the state of Wyoming. I was in the state senate. This country needs a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. ~John Barrasso
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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I don't have to steal bases. I steal bases because I want to. ~Lou Brock
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I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. ~Mel Brooks
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If Barack Obama is elected, I will be moving out of the country. ~Stephen Baldwin
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
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You can't, Brooke, you can't leave. You're mine. ~Katy Evans
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You are playing worse and worse every day and right now you are playing like it's next month. ~Herb Brooks
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
#quotes #lucy-walker #entertainment