Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Man knows himself only insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it if only within himself, and of himself self only within it. Each new subject, well observed, opens up within us a new organ of thought.
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It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books.
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There should be more interaction and more confidence building between our various academic institutions just like how there needs to be a confidence building between industry and academics.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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There are a bunch of places to stay in Des Moines, but I'd suggest finding a place on the west side of town. It's a great urban area that has a lot to offer tourists.
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Change is inevitable, and you can't stop that change. You say, 'Wait, stop,' and it just drives right over you.
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I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.
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The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
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During my early years, I was mercurially lively, always in motion, spilling over with pranks, impertinent and precocious, and, at the same time, intractably stubborn and angry if anything went against my will.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you.
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Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
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I like my feet. I have a tattoo on my foot with my last name. They're dancer feet. They're pretty. My toes are proportioned nicely. And they're strong - I can pinch people with my toes.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I'd say it's even harder to cater to Hispanics than to the lesbian or gay community. We're so culturally separated: Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Mexicans, Venezuelans. We're all so different.
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My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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I'd always been the confident guy in school. I was good in math and English, but I was still shy. I couldn't get up and speak in front of people. I was asked to do it when I was 10 years old and I burst out crying.
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Our world has evolved and grown more technologically savvy. Lawmakers need to adjust to these changes.
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Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.
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I wanted to be an inventor, whatever I thought that meant then. I guess I was thinking of Edison or maybe James Watt. Or maybe even Newton.
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Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.
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Man knows himself only insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it if only within himself, and of himself self only within it. Each new subject, well observed, opens up within us a new organ of thought.
