Hermann Hesse Quotes
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I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and as long as he kept being black, I was a happy man.
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I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.
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I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn't change anything.
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I believe in the free enterprise system.
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I introduce her as the love of my life everywhere that we go. She introduces me as her current husband. So you can see how the relationship kinda works here.
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Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from the best of the past.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as much a political statement as a Rolls Royce radiator grille, one enshrining a machine aesthetic driven by a populist optimism, the other enshrining a hierarchical and exclusive social order.
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There's something about wearing clothes that your great-grandmother might have thought were nice that makes you look older.
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If you look at art history, at Goya or Gainsborough, it's always about acknowledging the people of your time who have influence.
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The Midwest has, I think, incredibly hardworking people. You know they're going to be successful because, quite honestly, I cannot work with people from the East Coast - a little bit of variance on the coast - I'm from Ohio, and I understand that.
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My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise.
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I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.
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There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.
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I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn't walked a day in my shoes.
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I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique.
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One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible.
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No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.
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Separate inherently is not equal. There's a reason why $45 million was spent against marriage equality. It's because people understand the word does have meaning. And equality comes when we accept the same notions and the same institutions for everyone, regardless of race and gender and regardless of sex orientation.
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Best Witchcraft is Geometry To the magician's mind - His ordinary acts are feats To thinking of mankind.
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Before Juilliard, I was a schoolteacher for a little bit. I taught in a charter school. I was a substitute teacher for kids ages 3 to 6.
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It's strange how so much life can be lived without speaking.
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The truth is lived, not taught.
