Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
The experiences show us just as we are; they make us see our own defects.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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If you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
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I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.
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I just see religious freedom, as a category, as just being a black hole.
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I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
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It's fascinating to see actors who do voiceovers every day.
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We never see ourselves as others see us.
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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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Portraying visual impairment is difficult. I can see what's going on, but I have to act like I can see nothing. And this can be quite a challenge.
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We who grew up with 'drop and cover' drills know all too well what wonders science can bring us, and we like to see the guy in the white lab coat suffer a little. Or a lot.
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Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.
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I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
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People only see what they are prepared to see.
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I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.
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Oftentimes when you see adaptations of books you like, you're let down. As an author, you assume that they are going to suck. A little bit of hope is dangerous.
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If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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I love to go shopping and see what catches my eye.
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The only change I can really see is that I don't have to shop for pants in stores anymore.
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There are very few moments in a man's existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat.
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There's an ugly civil war side to revolutionary Boston that we don't often talk about and a lot of thuggish, vigilante behavior by groups like the Sons of Liberty.
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We must learn to set our emotions aside and embrace what science tells us. GMOs and nuclear power are two of the most effective and most important green technologies we have. If - after looking at the data - you aren't in favour of using them responsibly, you aren't an environmentalist.
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The concept of peaceful coexistence has been criticized by many who do not see the need to make the world safe for diversity. I wonder if they have ever paused to ask themselves the question: What is the alternative to coexistence?
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The experiences show us just as we are; they make us see our own defects.
