Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
What must the English and French think of the language of our philosophers when we Germans do not understand it ourselves?Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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I am very much a girly girl as well as being this tough, athletic fighter. I grew up a tomboy. I got my first four wheeler when I was eight. I got my first dirt bike shortly after. So, I have a lot of these manly qualities, I guess you would say. But, I also like to go get dressed up every weekend.
Paige VanZant -
Sometimes I'd say what's bad for the country is good for my business, unfortunately.
Larry Wilmore -
It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
Ian McLagan Small Faces -
The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
Faith Hill -
I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more.
Karen Handel -
A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
Naomi Judd
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Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
Immaculee Ilibagiza -
I know girlfriends of mine who, when they were approaching pregnancy and starting a family, consistently went through a period right beforehand that was a last gasp kind of thing where they just wreak havoc. They fall apart, in a profound way, because there's some awareness that that's the last time they can do that for awhile.
Mamie Gummer -
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.
Randeep Hooda -
I auditioned for 'The Office,' and I don't know if it was a role I could do, but I liked the character. You do one take, and you're reading with a person who's just sitting in a chair and not really... you're not playing off someone, which is what I like to do. I like to play around and find the moment.
Nathan Fielder -
Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my intuition had always known.
Madeleine L'Engle -
If you're lucky, I think you know what you want to do with your life. I think that's a greater gift that any of the gifts you might have when you do know, if you know what I mean. It must be awful to not know what to do.
Maggie Smith
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I was always quite good with accents - I always had quite a good ear - so from the age of about 13, I used to do a lot of voiceover and dubbing for foreign films.
Kate Winslet -
Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
Samantha Morton -
People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator.
Nalini Nadkarni -
In a democratic age, you can't buck demography - except through civil war.
Pankaj Mishra -
I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
Lal Bahadur Shastri -
An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.
Ted Cruz
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It's great to have Jack here twice in the final 10 days. We can win this riding and Jack's working hard to make that happen. We need a strong NDP voice from Vancouver Island North to get results for the people of our communities.
Catherine Bell -
I had a thought, on the way home from the rock field, that the things we don't know about a person are the things that make them human, and it made me feel sad to think that, but sad in that reassuring way that some sadness has, a sadness that says welcome home in twelve different languages.
Miriam Toews -
The one sound I think of when I think about dreaming is the harp glissando, which is this really atmospheric run up and down the scale that's really dreamy.
Washed Out -
Film is like a drug. It is a shelter when you cannot deal with reality.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul -
That is what happens when teams play with desperation and the other team comes out and doesn't play at the same level. We just got beat to the ball too many times and they were active and aggressive. They beat us with the nature of the play.
Phil Jackson -
What must the English and French think of the language of our philosophers when we Germans do not understand it ourselves?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe