Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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People look at stuff like 'Godzilla' and 'Avengers' and think I only do blockbusters, or however you wanna put it, but in reality, I can make double or triple what I got paid for 'Avengers' by doing other stuff - there are other options, but I don't want to work with this person or that person, and so I don't do it.
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I retire every time I'm done with a movie. Then I go back. You know, I enjoy sleep. But I love to work; it's fun for me. As long as it continues to be fun, and I'm tolerated by the people around me, I will do it.
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Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country.
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Any faith of more than 1.6 billion people is going to have some of them who falsely justify actions on that faith.
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Great songs come out of people's bedrooms; they come out of studios; there's no formula for it.
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I think at Le Cirque I learned how to make real food, which is what people crave, not just gimmicky things on a plate.
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You can't just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that.
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Animals aren't any better equipped to survive an emergency than humans are. Few people missed the fact that after Hurricane Katrina, people died because buses and emergency shelters wouldn't allow their animals.
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Some people care too much. I think it's called love.
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We want a vernacular in art. No mere verbal or formal agreement, or dead level of uniformity but that comprehensive and harmonizing unity with individual variety which can be developed among people politically and socially free.
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I think people are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact.
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I think movies do play a valuable role in turning people on to the act of reading. I think that phenomenon just creates readers. At first they're going to love 'Harry Potter,' or they may love 'The Hunger Games,' but after that, they're going to love the act of reading and wonder, 'What else can I read?'
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I trust people too much, and the other tragedy is I can't say no.
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I often feel newspapers are just filling up space. Of course, I also know people who write really long books.
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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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People want what they want, for as long as they want it, then tastes change and something else works.
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I've personally demanded that tyrants let their people go. I've tried to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, protect the elderly and infirm, and defend the needy from the aggressively greedy. I've led a blessed life. What a kick for a kid from the projects.
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'Sanam Re' is an amalgamation of an emotional love story and a visual treat.
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I'm really not sure what people think or expect me to be, but I am surprised when people say, 'You're not supposed to be like that... ' I'm not exactly sure what 'that' is, so I choose to take it as a compliment.
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I always knew I wanted to be on air and travel the world and tell people's stories. I wanted to convey something from other cultures to the U.S. - and vice versa.
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A lot of times when people are on campaigns, it can be like a movie set.
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In the Middle Ages people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they took snake oil. Citizens of today’s shiny, technological age are too modern for that. They take antioxidants and extract of cactus instead.
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I think we're at a moment in history where all the rules are out the window; it's not about "Here's a single, and then let it build for a couple of months and then put out an album." Doing a common project Supa Dups we're having fun thinking about how we can improvise and make it fun for people to be fans of the music.
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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
