Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Now that virtually every career is an option for ambitious girls, it can no longer be considered regressive or reactionary to reintroduce discussion of marriage and motherhood to primary education. We certainly do not want to return to the simplistic duality of home economics classes for girls and wood shop for boys.
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I still love recording and still love the stage, but like my dad, I have the most fun when I am in front of that glorious orchestra or that kick-butt big band.
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Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games.
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History must share with reading, writing and arithmetic first rank as the most important subjects in the curriculum. Understanding the issues on which citizens of a republic are expected to vote is impossible without an understanding of the past.
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Colombia is in a risky position. They've got a peace process that's going nowhere, and a drug production problem that's skyrocketing.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
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Guys like me don't necessarily progress very far, which is fine.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns five dollars to the community.
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.
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When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what I'm saying?
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Today, dancers have so much more information and are much more mobile. Kids are traveling everywhere to go to summer programs, funding themselves with Kickstarter - putting their dreams on the Internet and seeing if they will pan out.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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My favorite thing about acting is that I can play all kinds of different people. Frankly, I don't consider myself a very interesting person, so the characters I play are usually much more fun.
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I consider Apple to be very closed. Let's say you have a book business, and you are charging 5 to 7 percent gross margins; you can't exist in an Apple world because they want 30 percent, and they don't care that you only have 7 percent to play with.
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Love shouldn't be comfortable.
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I got a record with Frank Ocean.
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When the Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812, the British, in time-honoured fashion, abandoned their allies. Who were subsequently wiped out by the Americans along with any other tribes that happened to be in the same general vicinity – even those that had actually been allied with the US government during the war. It’s exactly this sort of thing, of course, which gives colonialism a bad name.
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He who cannot love must learn to flatter.
