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"A habit of basing convictions upon evidence, and of giving to them only that degree or certainty which the evidence warrants, would, if it became general, cure most of the ills from which the world suffers."
"You are a wicked motorcar, and I shall not give you any more petrol until you go."
"A million million years gives us some time to prepare for the end . . . let us make the best of it."
"Adventurous men enjoy shipwrecks, mutinies, earthquakes, conflagrations, and all kinds of unpleasant experiences. They say to themselves, for example, 'So this is what an earthquake is like,' and it gives them pleasure to have their knowledge of the world increased by this new item."
"The Coens both give you direction, and then it's up to you to kind of figure out the music of what they're saying."
"At this moment, life is trying to love you and give to you in a million wonderful ways. When you say Yes, you allow love to flow, which is the greatest gift you can give yourself and the universe . . . What do you want that you could be more open to receiving?"
"The same source that gave you the idea, will give you the means to see it through."
"The universe always gives you more of what you are focusing on."
"When you're a regular on a TV show, they give you more of a backstory, so with these recurring gigs, you have to make up your own backstory."
"I want to be able to open up the really good treasures of the Church and Christianity to people, and that's not going to be achieved by shouting at them to convert or they'll go to hell. It's about giving them an opportunity to reimagine Christianity."
"I could give 48 penalties in every match if I wanted to. It is a question of sometimes choosing what is - in your own mind - of material importance and what isn't, what might be a crucial potential penalty and what might not be."
"I can never give a 'yes' or a 'no.' I don't believe everything in life can be settled by a monosyllable."
"Well' Francie decided, 'I guess the thing that is giving me this headache is life - and nothing else but'."
"Right now, after giving birth, I really understand the power of my body. I just feel my body means something completely different."
"My parents taught my sister and me the importance of giving back and making a difference in another person's life."
"I have two different sides to my personality. I decided to give my fans what they want and who they are used to who is the person in all the videos and the person in 'Crazy in Love' who is Sasha Fierce. I have someone else takes over when its time for me to work and when I'm on stage."
"I don't try to hide our relationship with Jay-Z. There's nothing to hide. People see us, but we just don't talk about it, and I think that's absolutely helped us. People give us space and respect us. The minute you start talking about it, that's all people want to talk about. And then the really big rumors start happening."
"I felt like God was giving me a chance to assist in a miracle. There is something so relieving about life taking over you like that. You're playing a part in a much bigger show. And that's what life is. It's the greatest show on earth."
"It was really phenomenal [Warren Buffett donation]. It grew out of the friendship that we had and the fact that his plan to have his wife run the foundation and give things away changed when she tragically died."
"Even in some of our vaccine areas, like an AIDS vaccine, things have taken longer than we expected, but we have the pipeline of tools. The biological information that we have that gives us insights is fantastic."
