Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion.
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The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington – wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.
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Desire is the very essence of man.
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As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow.
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There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
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It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would not understand blues.
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War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
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We have not yet seen what man can make of man.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death.
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I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright.
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A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
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Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
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I was not in 'Iron Man 2,' but I take a daily iron supplement.
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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
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The enforcement of the law cannot depend on the justice of a cause or one man's conscience.
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To say that gender is performative is a little different because for something to be performative means that it produces a series of effects. We act and walk and speak and talk in ways that consolidate an impression of being a man or being a woman.
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Most beliefs about nature and man, which were not founded on scientific observation, have served directly or indirectly religious and social interests, and hence they have been protected by force against the criticisms of persons who have the inconvenient habit of using their reason
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Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
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I don't adjust my training for any of my opponents. I don't watch films on my opponents.
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To get ready to climb Everest, I did a lot of hill running with a daypack on and a lot of underwater swimming. I would swim a couple of lengths underwater and then a couple above. It gets your body going with limited oxygen.
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Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion.
