Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
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I'm a lot more introspective than one would believe.
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The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little clubs don't.
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They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers.
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Downtown, one has less time. But there are in Europe much people who have the faith, in South America, too.
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Death is better than slavery.
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I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.
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For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
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How boring would this world be if everyone was the same?
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When a certain swathe of India's population considers the country's ancient past, it doesn't see a country fragmented into kingdoms, savaged by caste divisions, and mired in poverty; rather, what's envisioned is a vast, unified Hindu empire stretching from Kashmir to the Indian tip at Kanyakumari.
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People always say, 'You look like Iggy Pop.'
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The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.
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Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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Every school should have well-rehearsed emergency response protocols covering a variety of possible scenarios, from fire to armed intruders. Schools should have good lines of communications with local emergency response officials and practice those relationships in drills and special exercises.
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We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world.
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It looks like it's been furnished by discount stores.
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You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles.
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A suppressing person isn't critical. A suppressing person is a person who denies the rights of others.
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I never expected my writing to become as popular as it did.
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I'm achingly aware of my own limitations as both part of the human race and as an individual. I'm just, casting this out that, maybe, I'm not so perfect as is the affront I oft put on. After all, the lyric is 'I wish I was special'. I truly just want to be loved and accepted, I think, like all humans.
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Everyone has failed, everyone has misspoken, everyone has meant well but done the wrong thing. Your favorite restaurants, cafes and books have all gotten a one-star review along the way. No brand is perfect, no individual can pretend to be either. Perfect can't possibly be the goal, we're left with generous, important and human instead.
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“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.”
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If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
