Hermann Hesse Quotes
Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
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I'd assumed that a deal was a deal when Princeton admitted me, but I was wrong. The price of getting in - to the university itself, and to the great world it promised to open up - was an endless dunning for nebulous services that weren't included in the initial quote.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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I'm a bad liar; I don't know what to say backstage.
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I grew up with my stepfather in Brighton, but I did spend a lot of time with my natural father, and I was loved by both, so I suppose the advantage of this was that I wasn't bound by one set of experiences; I always had an alternative.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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To me hair dressing means shape. It's very important that the foundations should be right.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I play guitar and sing when I'm not busy with school and acting.
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I feel like fashion should not happen in the morning.
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I feel like it's always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It's often times your greatest 'flaw' which actually forays into what is also your greatest strength.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.
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A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality.
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The onslaught of new and complex information, the academic and thinktank cults of expertise, not to mention the impossibility of bohemia in the age of high rents, have conspired to assassinate the public intellectual.
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You do have to continue, as you grow as a human, checking in and going, 'Is this what I want? Am I giving away things that I don't want? Who am I and what do I want to keep doing?'
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It is only by the amplification of titles that you can often touch and satisfy the imagination of nations; and that is an element which Governments must not despise.
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There are two books that I often travel with; one is 'The Theory on Moral Sentiments' by Adam Smith. The other is 'The Meditations.' It's not that I agree with either views expressed in the books, but I believe ideas and thoughts of older generations can offer food for thought for the current generation.
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Understand that thoughts are thoughts. If they are unreasonable, reason with them, even if you have no reason left. You are the observer of your mind, not its victim.
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I wonder if the reason I tend to say yes to everything is because I deeply believe that I can survive anything.
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Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
