Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
The most fortunate of men, Be he a king or commoner, is he Whose welfare is assured in his own home.
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There are recurring elements in popularized fairy tales, such as absent parents, some sort of struggle, a transformation, and a marriage. If you look at a range of stories, you find many stories about marriage, sexual initiation, abandonment. The plots often revolve around what to me seem to be elemental fears and desires.
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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I was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives of football players.
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I think of the prisoners on 'Orange Is the New Black,' a lot of times, as uplifting.
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It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true – to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.
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Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
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I don't know what I was expecting or what I was dreaming about the xx accomplishing.
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I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.
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When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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The chips are in production, the machines aren't. So we've got a little bit of work left to do.
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My music is almost like vomit! It's a horrible way to put it, but I feel it, I say it, and I doubt myself all the time throughout my whole life, but when it comes to music, I just don't. I don't doubt myself.
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People get numbed when they see picture after picture, year in and year out, of people starving.
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I've always been a dreamer.
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The heart and soul of pop is newness, excitement, innovation.
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I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.
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My mother did what all great leaders do: She sparked the growth of future leaders.
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I used to sit home with my computer and write. After the Newbery, I probably spend more than half my time on the road.
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What a photograph shows us is how a particular thing could be seen, or could be made to look - at a specific moment, in a specific context, by a specific photographer employing specific tools.
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I was very self-conscious about my body from a young age. At school, I played football and netball and did ballet as well so was very athletic. I wasn't curvaceous; I had muscles on my arms and shoulders. Often I felt like hiding them rather than showing them off, as I felt they were masculine.
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The most fortunate of men, Be he a king or commoner, is he Whose welfare is assured in his own home.
