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A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#his #make #man #must #oft

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#act #custom #generally #inclinations #ingrained

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#bad #breakfast #good #supper

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#children #labours #make #misfortunes #more

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#hard #make #needs #plausible #sometimes

There are so many decisions in making a movie. ↗

— Rick Baker

#making #many #movie

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#customs #discerned #faculties #fortunate #fortune

I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be - not to have a 'career', but to be that straightforward obvious unmistakable animal, a writer. ↗

— Cynthia Ozick

#born #born to be #career #i #i was born

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

#directing #find #i #just #like

In our story logic which we're making up, if we're saying he's alive, then like a quadriplegic who's in bed he can move his head and shoulders, but he can't move his arms. If he could just turn on that power to his legs and arms, the nerves could get through and he could walk. ↗

— John Badham

#arms #bed #could #get #head