Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.
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I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that's cliche, I don't know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.
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If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.
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If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.
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I'm not too good at lying still in the sun.
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The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors.
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I just like when I work with people that are professional and good.
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Either accept people for what they are, or don't. So, in other words, man, if people don't know me, I think they do themself an injustice. Because, as a whole, I think I'm a good person.
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I'm humble 'cause I think many years ago people say, 'Well, Alibaba's terrible company'. And I know we were not that terrible. We're pretty good; we're better than people thought. But today, when people have a high expectation on you, and I start to worry and nervous because we are not good yet.
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In any character I ever play, whether she's good or bad or whatever, my most important thing is heart.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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I've since become really good at overwhelming myself.
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If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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A lot of the lessons that are taught in football will promote success in anything you get into after football; for me, it just happens to be music. Being disciplined. Good character. Trying to do the right thing, and working hard.
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I just need to concentrate on each event and accumulate a good score, and hopefully I won't flop in the 800 m. in Gotzis.
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My Aunt Dahlia has a carrying voice... If all other sources of income failed, she could make a good living calling the cattle home across the Sands of Dee.
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Ron Rosenbaum: Why are you doing what you're doing?Bob Dylan: Pause Because I don't know anything else to do. I'm good at it.Ron Rosenbaum: How would you describe 'it'?Bob Dylan: I'm an artist. I try to create art.
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This, I feel, is missing a vital point: that the sceptic is often a totally honest person who, for perfectly good, sound reasons, simply cannot see a case for belief. In fact many - like Courty Bryan - admit that they would like to be convinced, but find it impossible.
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Children and one’s social inferiors never know when to say good-bye. One has to say it for them.
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He Steve Jobs showed me the boat he was working on … and talked about how he's looking forward to being on it, even though we both knew there was a good chance that wouldn't happen.
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I think that emotion and good stories can cross the times.
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'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' is my first book, and it's the fulfillment of a life-long dream. I had always wanted to be a cartoonist, but I found that it was very tough to break into the world of newspaper syndication. So I started playing with a style that mixed cartoons and 'traditional' writing, and that's how 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' was born.
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As cynical as I can be, there's always a part of me that believes in love and the fairy tale.
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A 41-inch bust and a lot of perseverance will get you more than a cup of coffee - a lot more.
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Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.
