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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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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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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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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Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
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My teacher, my great cello teacher Leonard Rose, was such a great cellist, and nurturing man, very patient. But I grew up not only admiring him, but obviously Casals, Rostrotovich, Jacqueline du Pre, and many others, including many of my peers and contemporaries.
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By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action.
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I go shopping maybe three times a year in an intense way. I'm like a man. Can't spend too much time in a shop.
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The working class must break up, smash the "ready-made state machinery," and not confine itself merely to laying hold of it.
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Fear and impatience demagnetize. Poise magnetizes.
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Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion.
