Novalis (Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg) Quotes
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.
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Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
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Everybody was in struggle, in the grind trying to make it.
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Investors are right to demand a clear path to self-sustainability from every business they invest in, and I believe we should ask for the same from philanthropy.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.
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It's fun to present stories that have a character that, really, everybody wants to be.
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At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.
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I'll be judged on the body of work and not the popularity of any one decision.
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My first job was cutting grass. In Miami, this grass grows everywhere. You just get the lawn mower out, walk down the neighborhood, cut grass.
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When you're not concerned with succeeding, you can work with complete freedom.
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It's very easy for people to put out music.
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I'm not even really attempting to brand myself outside of 'Humans of New York.' I think part of the reason for my success is that I've put my ego aside and said I'm not going to put all of my effort into trying to promote myself. I'm going to try to promote my work and am going to try to promote my project.
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I love to pitch so much.
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We're not one of those bands that throws the names of all their songs in a hat and pulls them out right before they go on stage.
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We all should face some failures in life and learn from them. We should accept it and move on.
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The reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life.
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I think that when you become a mom... you don't really worry about the small stuff. I'm just way more centered. It makes you focus even more on what your goals are in life.
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We need not only open trading systems, but systems that work for people around the world - taking into account not only the bottom line, but the well-being of working men and women, the protection of children against sweatshop labor, and the protection of the environment.
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Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.
