Johann Georg Hamann Quotes
Everything is vain and tortures the spirit instead of calming and satisfying it.
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Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
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Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.
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I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.
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The lower caste people were killed as part of a conspiracy to dismiss my party's government.
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We can reorient our products and business strategy because we are an agile organisation.
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My body is my greatest asset.
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
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In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.
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Movies can provide tear-inducing or comically-entertaining representations of love, but many agree that its deeper conflicting complexities often seem unfathomable.
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I knew I wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know what it was I wanted to say.
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So I have been careful about where I go and who I hang out with because if you tell someone the wrong thing, then it's everywhere.
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I guess they're tough jokes. But there's lots of things you either laugh or cry at. And you just can't cry.
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As an actor, you try and be cool, but one of the reasons you become an actor is because you're a film fan. And then you're like, 'Oh my God, Ridley Scott just spoke to me!'
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Hear only the things you should hear - be deaf to others.
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If you speak to any soldier, even now, they say they are fighting for their friends. It always ends up that they're fighting for the man next to them.
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A State can sue for negligence as well as fraud damages.
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Sure, I am funny and have a good sense of humor. Mostly, though, I just tell the truth. The internal dialogue people have in their heads - I just write it.
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I see less and less.. .I need to avoid lateral light, which darkens my colors. Nevertheless, I always paint at the times of day most propitious for me, as long as my paint tubes and brushes are not mixed up.. ..I will paint almost blind, as Beethoven composed completely deaf.
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Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.
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I did all of California from north to south. I did Florida from north to south. I went to the Midwest. I spent time discovering the culture because I thought I was going to stay in America for only two years. Then I decided to come to New York.
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I live in Canada in the summer and some time in the fall.
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The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.
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The Internet is the ultimate vanity-publishing medium, and therefore, the ultimate place for those of us who like to watch. The Internet can reach an audience at lower cost than any medium before it.
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Everything is vain and tortures the spirit instead of calming and satisfying it.
