Quote by Francis Bacon
The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the offi

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of mans body. – Francis Bacon

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Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they never fly by twilight. – Francis Bacon

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Doubt
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it. – Francis Bacon

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I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible. – Seamus Heaney

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Poetry

I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry. – Elizabeth Edwards

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Poetry

Im perfectly happy when I look out at an audience and its all women. I always think its kind of odd, but then, more women than men, I think, read and write poetry. – Diane Wakoski

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Poetry

I dont like political poetry, and I dont write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing the point of the American tradition, which is always apolitical, even when the poetry comes out of politically active writers. – Diane Wakoski

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Poetry

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Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress. – George Eliot

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In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. – Paul McCartney

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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If youre a man, you take it. – Malcolm X

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I get letters from kids, teenagers and young girls who just want to be Mac. Ive had quite a few people actually say that theyre going to become a Marine or a JAG lawyer because of me… the character. I think thats pretty cool! – Catherine Bell

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cool