Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker (Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker) Quotes
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I'm constantly thinking about the role, and there's an infinite amount of questions you can ask yourself about a character to the point that it's hard to find the boundaries of when to not work.
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I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.
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I said yes, which turned out to be the right answer.
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The most precious things in speech are pauses.
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The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.
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I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
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I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.
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Ultimately, in the long run we need to immunise our system from being overly responsive to fluctuations in the exchange rate; that is, people should, by and large, be reasonably hedged, or they should borrow more in domestic currency rather than foreign currency.
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I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.
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I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom.
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Anybody you make a movie with when you're 12 and they're 14, you're going to know them your whole life.
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I don't watch a lot of TV.
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I'm really pragmatic. That's my reality.
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I feel I am a little unfit for the kind of music that is being made today. There is a big difference between what I sang earlier and what is being made now. I am not saying this music is bad, but there are too many beats.
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Fingir é conhecer-se.
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When we associate with others we really associate with ourselves. We like or dislike in others whatever we like or dislike in ourselves.
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Honour is the mysticism of legality.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit - a reputation, character.
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One game that drives me crazy, is when a guy gives the girl they really like more attention, and then they feel like maybe they pressed too hard, so they back way off and start giving other women attention. I've never pulled this myself.
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Suffering is admittedly one of the central problems of human existence; but this is because we have a suspicion that it is all for nothing. If we had a certainty about meaning, the suffering would be bearable. With no certainty of meaning, even comfort begins to feel futile.
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Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
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The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.
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Nature is earlier than man, but man is earlier than natural science.
