Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Our modern wars make many unhappy while they last and none happy when they are over.
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The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
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The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of.
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The rivalry between the Montague and the Capulet kids seems very modern to me. Juliet is a free spirit, full of untapped love and passion. I think a lot of girls can relate to her. And it's very relevant in terms of kids defying their parents.
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Science fiction writers missed the most salient feature of our modern era: the Internet.
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Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global trend.
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I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.
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One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.
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Modern society has evolved to the point where we counter the old-fashioned fatalism surrounding the word 'cancer' by embracing the idea of the Uber-mind - that our will possesses nearly supernatural powers.
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To regard all things and principles of things as inconstant modes or fashions has more and more become the tendency of modern thought.
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If you asked me to sing a modern song, I wouldn't be able to - I can't easily slip into that groove. But if it were a song by Nico or The Velvet Underground, fine.
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People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture.
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I learned that there are two things that kids really like: movement and love. Happy kids move; unhappy, they don't move.
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I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.
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Modern morality is all about perception.
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Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
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In Australia I was seen as somebody who did only very modern, contemporary stuff. Then as soon as I went overseas I did two period pieces so it was like, 'When are you going to get out of the corsets?' And I was thinking I just got into them!
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There is no guarantee what will give you happiness any which way. I know many married people who are unhappy.
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Modern dancing is old fashioned.
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Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.
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On being a judge for the 1986 Booker Prize: I got to the point where I couldn't read a laundry list without considering it for the Booker Prize.
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I recently found out about this other super movie star. He only works from about 11:00 to 4:00, so all his movies take like 120 days. But this was a lot of stuff to do in 35 days.
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Our modern wars make many unhappy while they last and none happy when they are over.
