Hermann Hesse Quotes
You treat world history as a mathematician does mathematics, in which nothing but laws and formulas exist, no reality, no good and evil, no time, no yesterday, no tomorrow, nothing but an eternal, shallow, mathematical present.
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
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Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
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There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
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I never wrote my books especially for children.
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When high school students ask to spend their afternoons and weekends in my laboratory, I am amazed: I didn't develop that kind of enthusiasm for science until I was 28 years old.
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People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
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I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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I like working with my own body weight, and I just do the best job I can to be healthy and strong, both before and after a fight.
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When you live in a condo complex with people next door, I don't know how you can be dead for four months without anybody noticing you not coming and going.
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We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict.
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I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.
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Yusuf Qaradawi is probably the most well-known legal authority in the whole Muslim world today.
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Many of the best films made about war have come out after the wars have ended. People need a period of time to reflect on them.
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Love is a great emotion, but I believe it's not just about romance; it could be love for nature, people, for relationships.
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Nothing taxes an actor more thoroughly than a good audiobook.
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Unlike others who have been caught swearing on camera, I apologised immediately. And yet I am the only person banned for swearing. That doesn't seem right.
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I don't think theatre has changed; it's society that has changed.
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I've been in love with the cinema since childhood and it's a fantasy of mine to appear in a Hollywood movie.
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I don't believe there's two sides to every story. It's black and white. There's right and wrong.
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I could never be in a situation with a job where I was not allowed to listen to music all day. I would rather work at a fast food restaurant where I could turn on the radio all day rather than be in a situation where I have to sneak and listen to music.
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President Obama is in no danger of being judged by history as an eco-radical.
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You treat world history as a mathematician does mathematics, in which nothing but laws and formulas exist, no reality, no good and evil, no time, no yesterday, no tomorrow, nothing but an eternal, shallow, mathematical present.
