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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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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To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.
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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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But for everyone, I think, there is always a pressure to conform, and I guess as you get older you realize it's less interesting to do that. It starts with you, though, saying, 'I know what I like doing and that's what I'm going to do.'
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'Star Wars' is a galaxy a long time ago, far, far away. 'Star Wars' is not about our future.
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El hombre, cuando es solamente lo que parece ser el hombre, casi no es nada.
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My God, I have almost never believed in you, and yet I have always loved you.
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Better the rule of One, whom all obey, than to let clamorous demagogues betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy.
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The Democratic Party is a criminal enterprise that would rather rule over the ruins than be part of governing a happy and successful Republic.
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Make no mistake: The organization of the working class must be both economic and political. The capitalist is organized upon both lines. You must attack him on both.
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My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those who would murder innocents with abstract, serene satisfaction.
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Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.
