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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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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When a man looks across a street, sees a pretty girl, and waves at her, that's not a rendezvous, that's a passing acquaintance. When he walks across the street and nibbles on her ear, that's a rendezvous!
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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I really enjoy myself in Norway. Because I had started losing confidence in my ability of what I do. But sometimes, man, you just get tired of fighting and trying to prove yourself.
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My friends who have babies can't do anything. You can't go out at night. Having a baby is like a DUI from the universe.
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The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.
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We may bend sometimes, but we don't break. There's a lot of character in that room
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Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion.
