Frederick the Great Quotes

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

Frederick the Great

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: royalty
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  • Birth: January 24, 1712 - August 17, 1786

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Seeds and nuts are indispensable for cardiovascular health. The protective properties of nuts against coronary heart disease were first recognized in the early 1990s, and a strong body of literature has followed, confirming these original findings.

Joel Fuhrman

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I've been onstage once for one performance with four days' rehearsal.

Anna Friel

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I was brought up as a Catholic and went to church every week and took the sacraments. It never really touched the core of my being.

Sting

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Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name.

Mignon McLaughlin

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You know how it is, somebody will see your work and like it and remember it, then decide to make it a role in their film.

Michael Rooker

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We knew that if the photos of CIA officers conducting authorized EIT (enhanced interrogation techniques) ever got out, the difference between a legal, authorized, necessary, and safe program and the mindless actions of some MPs (military police) would be buried by the impact of the images.

Jose Rodriguez

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In boxing, there are lot of things that happen where they try to slow down the process and try to get to the other team, trying to get into our heads.

Joseph Parker

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Calculating does not equal mathematics. It's a subsection of it. In years gone by it was the limiting factor, but computers now allow you to make the whole of mathematics more intellectual.

Conrad Wolfram

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Composers dialogue - and obsessively, bitterly argue - with other composers, often over the span of several centuries.

Brian Ferneyhough

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I watch Jon Stewart because I need to laugh. Otherwise, life gets too serious. Besides that, I don't watch any news.

Bruce Lipton

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I thought I had to show people that I would get in early, stay late or even all night, work on holidays. I didn't want to be the rich kid who was along for a free ride.

Maria Shriver

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When you make music, and even if it's commercially successful, it doesn't mean that it's going to hold up. It takes time to sort of take stock of what you've done and whether it's got legs and whether it's going to really have a place.

Lindsey Buckingham

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