Hermann Hesse Quotes
There was once a man, Harry, called the steppenwolf. He went on two legs, wore clothes and was a human being, but nevertheless he was in reality a wolf of the steppes. He had learned a good deal of all that people of a good intelligence can, and was a fairly clever fellow. What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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I'm just collecting gold presents, which is more fun, actually, than buying gold.
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Cussing ain't for everybody.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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The first job I got was this TV job in this show called 'The Unusuals.' Then I did a play called 'Slipping,' and at the same time I was rehearsing another play at Playwrights Horizons, and that kind of snowballed into a bunch of plays.
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I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
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Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That's the nature of being a goalkeeper.
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South Dakota is a great state because of its values, not because of dependence on government.
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While my mother wanted me to be a musician, I wanted to become an electronic engineer.
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I never forbid myself anything.
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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.
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I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening.
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I viewed black musicals before 'Jelly' as a form of cultural strip mining. The exterior remained, but all the culture that signified where the people had come from and their connection to the earth was absent.
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Real life is messy, and drama is a shaped version of real life.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schaeuble, her finance minister, are right to oppose fiscal and bank unions without political union.
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I quite like being who I am.
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The same men who are placing all these outrageous restrictions on women's freedoms in southern Somalia - that type of mentality - that's what I had to deal with in captivity.
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There was once a man, Harry, called the steppenwolf. He went on two legs, wore clothes and was a human being, but nevertheless he was in reality a wolf of the steppes. He had learned a good deal of all that people of a good intelligence can, and was a fairly clever fellow. What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life.
