Hermann Hesse Quotes
Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.
Quotes to Explore
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
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Just like I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders.
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Everything can be satirized.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.
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People say that about me, that I apparently buy houses near every boy I like - that's a thing that I apparently do. If I like you I will apparently buy up the real-estate market just to freak you out so you leave me.
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The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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Common sense should tell us that there is no reason for civilians to have access to easily concealable handguns with the capability to shoot through body armor.
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Amateurs hope, professionals work.
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I'm concerned about my daughter because she will not believe in Santa Claus. No matter what I say to her, she just doesn't buy it, and she's 2. I refuse to give it up. I say, 'There is a Santa Claus,' and she says, 'Okay, Mommy. In pretend world, right?' She really doesn't believe.
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I talk in subjects and verbs, and sort of wind around in concentric circles until I get far enough away from the beginning so that I can call it the end, and it ends.
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People know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election.
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I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
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This fraternity... makes it possible... for so many millions of people, not so much to kill, as willingly to die for such limited imaginings.
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I received a call from Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum and head coach Eric Mangini. They asked me if I was ready to become a New York Jet. I quickly answered 'yes' and began to hug everyone at the table.
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Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever.
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Hatred is blind, as well as love.
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Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.
