Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.
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The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
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I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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There's no such thing as a non-final cut director.
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I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends.
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The Indian market is potentially the largest market in the world with the leadership at both central and state level focused on leapfrogging into the future.
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Medicine, you have to take it. A vitamin is nice to have, but honestly, you can skip it.
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I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.
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One thing that has made us so successful is that we've never taken outside investment. That means we can concentrate on what our customers want - not what the stockholders or the VCs want.
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What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.
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We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.
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TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.
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When I was young, I wanted to be the greatest blues singer of all time. I wrecked my education and left home for it.
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Revolutions go not backward.
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Other than Green Day, we haven't had a lot of protest music over the past few decades.
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It is always good to be on the scoresheet.
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I was always interested in film, but I never knew how to go about becoming a filmmaker.
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Humankind is an insignificant part of existence.
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I enjoyed my 20s - they were torturous and beautiful. I learned so much about myself and about life and about the nature of people.
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The press doesn't stop publishing, by the way, in a fascist escalation; it simply watches what it says. That too can be an incremental process, and the pace at which the free press polices itself depends on how journalists are targeted.
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Stardom happens - you can't plan it - it's destiny, and you shouldn't stand between you and your destiny. I'm letting my destiny play its part, and I go by my gut feeling. If I like my role, I say yes; if I don't, I just refuse, as simple as that.
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By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.
