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Francis Bacon Quotes

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: english
Birth: January 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626

Topics

Change Better Things Worse Alter

Sometimes I get frustrated in traffic. I typically start going deep with my cab driver and Twitter feed - simultaneously - to take my mind off the gridlock. I enjoy live-tweeting my cab rides.

Mind Start Deep Enjoy Sometimes Get

When I was a kid, I had no perception whatever that science fiction was supposed to be a boys' club.

Science Perception Science Fiction

For my eyes, I wear a very thin line of black eyeliner just to lengthen the eye, and I almost never wear mascara; I like natural lashes.

Eyes Eye Black Never Lashes Line

I take a lot of risks in the ring.

Risks Ring Take Lot

Much like the conservationists who previously have received the Audubon Medal, including Stewart Udall, Rachel Carson and Ted Turner, I realize that this recognition cannot be a cause to rest, but a spur to continue our work.

Work Rest Recognition Realize Cannot

At 16, I was going to church and playing music for church, and Dad would only pay for piano lessons so I could play at church.

Music Church Play Pay Piano Going

The thing I find about the movie industry is that 99 percent of the people are absolute scum. They're horrible people, they really are. Very nasty killer rabbits who hate movies. But the other 1 percent are really the greatest, most wonderful people in the world.

Hate People World Find Movies Nasty

It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director and you have to let it go.

Lorene Scafaria

Vision Feel You Go Hard Turn

By definition, saving - for anything - requires us to not get things now so that we can get bigger ones later. That's hard. Our brains are hard wired to prefer the here and now.

Now Hard Anything Bigger Here Us

As I travel the country for away games, I meet kids fighting cancer in almost every city. They visit the ballpark, and I invite them onto the field so we can chat and then watch the game.

Travel City Game Fighting Meet Kids

I'm very neurotic about shaving. I shave first thing in the morning before a shoot, and if I have dinner that night, I have to shave again.

Morning Dinner Night Shaving First

I think a film is a failure if it doesn't have an emotional effect. That's the film's failure. Not if it doesn't deliver a message, but if it doesn't have emotional effect or visceral effect.

Failure Think Emotional Film Message

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