Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. [Ger., Das erste und letzte, was vom Genie gefordert wird, ist Wahreits-Liebe.]
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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I have no family to take care of and no children to pass wealth to.
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I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go.
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I feel like if I consider myself comfortable in something, then that's not exactly where I want to be. And in 'Jane the Virgin' specifically, I feel like I don't have to choose... We get to do drama and comedy sometimes within the same thirty seconds.
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We need an unambiguous rule - a law - that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
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I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.
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Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on their own, like pieces of furniture that should be judged as to their usefulness, elegance.
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Ineptitude and negligence directed British policies in India more than any cynical desire to divide and rule, but the British were not above exploiting rivalries.
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Horror serves a cathartic role in human society, all throughout the world. It is a way of confronting the darkness, both within and without.
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The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others.
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I love being in the present. When I was playing for my school, the only thing I wanted to do was get selected for the under-16 or the under-19 district teams. When I was selected for the district, I would think about the next level, which was getting selected for the state side. I'm a person who lives very in the moment.
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Llevo mis manos vacía, por lo que hubo en mis manos.
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Somehow it just don't seem fittin' for a bridegroom to spend his weddin' night in a tree.
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It's very important that Syria accepts the new reality and operates in a constructive, cooperative way with us and the United States.
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Unless knowledge is transformed into wisdom, and wisdom is expressed in character; education is a wasteful process.
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So long as one person remembers you, you'll never really be dead.
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You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
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Spelling mistakes in a letter is like a bug on a white shirt.
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I can't say I'm not grateful to have journalists writing about me as a genius. But I know it's not true. I'm not confused. I understand that success comes through a lot of failure and a lot of very embarrassing failure. People want to create the next Facebook, but they are too afraid to create the next Facemash.
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Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
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May the time not be far off when all other European nations will come to the realisation that the primary necessity is putting an end to the quarrels and strife of centuries and of building up of a finer community of all peoples is: The recognition of a higher common duty arising out of common rights?
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The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. [Ger., Das erste und letzte, was vom Genie gefordert wird, ist Wahreits-Liebe.]
