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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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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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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I didn't necessarily grow up in a trailer park, but there is a brief part of that in my life. So I can make fun of it a little bit. I'm not too much of an outsider, where I'm just making fun of someone.
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It's funny that I got to do 'On the Road' because the thing that had the biggest impact on me growing up was reading books. I was very inspired by the book and this spirit of Dean Moriarty and how envious we all are of somebody who can be that carefree.
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Well, I always believe that when you fail, you get up and try again and again. It's whether that what we have been doing is worthwhile or not
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How could you disguise your own thoughts so even you didn't know what you were thinking?
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Sexual immorality and impure thoughts violate the standard established by the Savior. We were warned at the beginning of this dispensation that sexual immorality would be perhaps the greatest challenge. Such conduct will, without repentance, cause a spiritual drought and loss of commitment.
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Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like.
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The government in Turkey, which represents the powerful, traditionalist mass, is very comfortable creating policies tailored only for their supporters.
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Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
