Alfred Wegener Quotes
We are like a judge confronted by a defendant who declines to answer, and we must determine the truth from the circumstantial evidence.
Quotes to Explore
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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So many of us have friends or family who have battled cancer, and we know how important it is to find a cure.
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In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I find the term 'workaholic' to be distasteful because it reminds me of the harried-looking lawyers I recall chained to their desks through nights and weekends during my lawyer days years ago.
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I think the more experience I have working on films, the more I can shed that character rather than carrying around that heavy weight.
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Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.
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First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish.
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To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.
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Psychologists have hitherto failed to realize that imagination is a necessary ingredient of perception itself.
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God is going to supply a million dollars, somebody is praying right now, right this second, you’re praying for a million dollars and God said, 'I have heard your prayer, I know your need, and I'm going to supply the need that you requested,' it's done, in Jesus' name.
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To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy. It merely requires a certain amount of sordid terror, a certain lack of imaginative thought, and a certain low passion for middle-class respectability.
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If the rat had not looked over his shoulder, perhaps his heart would not have broken. And it is possible, then, that I would not have a story to tell. But, reader, he did look.
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If you really come down to any large story that interests people – holds the attention for a considerable time ... human stories are practically always about one thing, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death.
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Sooner or later, all games become serious.
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When we started, there were KRAFTWERK and TANGERINE DREAM, and both bands also became very very strong internationally but in a different area, in a different field. They were doing, like, experimental kind of music, and KRAFTWERK were amazing, while we played just traditional rock.
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I am afraid there are people who want to stop the economic growth, the rise in the standard of living (though not their own) and the ability of man to use the expanding wealth, science and technology for solving the actual pressing problems of mankind, especially of the developing countries.
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In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
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Truth draws strength from itself and not from the number of votes in its favour.
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I worked for UFA as a set designer, you know.
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When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.
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We are like a judge confronted by a defendant who declines to answer, and we must determine the truth from the circumstantial evidence.
