Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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I regrettably wasted time at university by being overwhelmed and intimidated by the talent of other composers. I felt stuck and didn't know what I was doing there. I enjoyed my experience, but I didn't grab it in the way I would now.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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In boxing you never know who you're going to face in ring.
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With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.
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You parents of the wilful and the wayward! Don't give them up. Don't cast them off. They are not utterly lost. The Shepherd will find his sheep. They were His before they were yours - long before He entrusted them to your care; and you cannot begin to love them as He loves them.
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We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.
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Do you know that people fall in love in war and go to school and go to factories and hospitals and get divorced and go dancing and go playing and live life?
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I think it's always a good idea to dress as someone you like, as long as it's done in good taste. That's the key.
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To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.
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Life is such a tragicomedy.
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Our target is not negotiations, it is the end of the apartheid system. There can be no compromise about that.
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Nevertheless, I do know that we are part of a danger zone, we have military operations in Afghanistan and we're training the Iraqi police force. The terrorists also have us in their sights.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.
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I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a 'pretty girl.'
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It's called 'Night Moves,' and it's my favorite 'Doc Ford' of all times. It's way too complicated, but it worked.
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Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion.
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I believe Saudi Arabia is the only Muslim country in which churches are prohibited.
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Any Israeli attack on Lebanon, Iran, Syria or Gaza will be met with a fierce response.
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I have found strength where one does not look for it: in simple, mild, and pleasant people, without the least desire to rule -- and, conversely, the desire to rule has often appeared to me a sign of inward weakness: they fear their own slave soul and shroud it in a royal cloak (in the end, they still become the slaves of their followers, their fame, etc.)
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The truth is I don't feel too bad for my age. I actually have a better shape now than I used to.
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This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who can put you away if your husband doesn't like you.
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Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.
