Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. [Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt sich.]
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I've had three wives. I've had five weddings.
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The legal profession, politics and acting are very closely tied: the whole point is to have an idea and get it across to a listener, whether it is one person or five thousand in a hall.
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The Spirit is the first power we practically experience, but the last power we come to understand.
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Art is an intersection of many human needs.
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How often the Presidency has simply meant that a man shall be abused, distrusted, and worked to death while he is filling the great office, and that he should drop into unmerited oblivion when he has left the White House.
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Here's my thought about fake breasts: If I can touch them, they're real.
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There's something fascinating about seeing something you don't like at first but directly know you will love—in time. People are that way, all through life. You come against a personality, and it questions yours. You shy away but know there are gratifying secrets there, and the half-open door is often more exciting than the wide.
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Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
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I can easily say I've done everything I've wanted in music.
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I cannot imagine anyone being more of an outsider than the first woman president.
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Conditions to the north of us, in the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts zone of action, and our offensive on Kharkov demands that we not lose time and we commit all forces so that we can draw off as many divisions as possible from Kharkov. And even if we do not draw them off, at least we will not give Manstein the ability to take any of his units from our part of the front. If we attract one or two German tank divisions - it will be the best contribution to the defeat of the enemy in the south.
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The quality of your play never counts as much as the quality of your effort.
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Hip hop scholarship must strive to reflect the form it interrogates, offering the same features as the best hip hop: seductive rhythms, throbbing beats, intelligent lyrics, soulful samples, and a sense of joy that is never exhausted in one sitting.
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I think it's important here to keep something in mind. I mean, when you're looking at last night and you see Matt Lauer unable to tell Donald Trump, "Hey, you know what? You're lying here."
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Be gentle, kind and beautiful, yet firm and strong, both mentally and physically.
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The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.
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I remember when I first started having these interpretations of these images, these cliches of what movie stars are and this and that, and they're egomaniacal pricks and tyrants, but in general, for the most part, they're nice people to tell you the truth.
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In the culture of pluralism...the only thing that cannot be tolerated is a claim to exclusivity.
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I have so many mentors. I'm really lucky to be surrounded by incredible mentors, whether it be Solange Knowles or Gloria Steinem or Ava DuVernay, there are so many awesome people in my life, and so I'm lucky for them to kind of have fostered my identity as I grow into myself.
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He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. [Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt sich.]
