Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Why should we not recognize in the lightning, the thunder, and the storm wind, the approach of an overwhelming Power, and in the scent of flowers and the gently rustling zephyr the presence of a Being full of love?
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I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
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Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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I love Jared Hess' movies. He's such a weirdo and such a nice, funny guy.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.
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To build a digital media company, you have to focus equally on content and technology. In content, you have to focus equally on the written word and video.
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I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.
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Happiness needs one-upmanship.
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'You know Adam?' Teddy asked him.'Do I know who?''Adam. In the Bible.'Nicholson smiled. 'Not personally,' he said dryly.
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Variation does not mean evolution. If an artist varies his mode of expression this only means that he has changed his manner of thinking, and in changing, it might be for the better or it might be for the worse.
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Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.
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I try to create some stupid entertainment for really smart people that they don't feel too stupid watching. In 'Xanadu,' the biggest laugh was a reference to Achilles.
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One ideological claim is that private property is theft, that the natural product of the existence of property is evil, and that private ownership therefore should not exist... What those who feel this way don't realize is that property is a notion that has to do with control - that property is a system for the disposal of power. The absence of property almost always means the concentration of power in the state.
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I knew I wanted to be a professional triathlete, but I didn't know it was possible until I won the junior champs. My dad said I should give Cambridge a go to see if I could do both, but it was only ever a trial.
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Violet is the most soothing, tranquilizing and cooling color vibration. It encourages the healing of unbalanced mental conditions in people who are overly nervous or high-strung. Foods of the violet vibration are: purple broccoli, beetroot and purple grapes.
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Why should we not recognize in the lightning, the thunder, and the storm wind, the approach of an overwhelming Power, and in the scent of flowers and the gently rustling zephyr the presence of a Being full of love?
