Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere, and at all times, in hundreds and hundreds of men.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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My grandpa would come in with water and flick it on our faces at 6 A.M. and be like, 'If you don't get up to feed the horses, you don't get to ride them.' We'd get up.
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I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.
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The worst mistake a woman can make is to emulate a man.
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One of the areas I have a little less confidence in is giving any kind of a speech.
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I believe in incentivizing people. If you can incentivize people in anything, whether it's in politics; in life; in spirituality; in business; just take care of folks. Incentivize them and all of a sudden it's amazing the difference that you'll see.
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This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.
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Humans can make friends easily if they are open to it and are interested in other people.
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I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'
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I don't want to look old and worn, but what can you do? My real focus is being an actor. I care more about having the opportunity to play roles that I haven't played than I care if my neck looks like someone's bedroom curtains.
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Once you start playing a piece, there is a connection between every note. You cannot say, 'I will not concentrate on this note.' You cannot ignore things the way you do in the rest of your life.
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I've said numerous times that I play to have a stage that people will listen to, and I pray to God that I do right by my influence.
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I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity. If you look really hard at almost anybody, and try to see why they're doing what they're doing, taking a dig at them ceases to be what you want to do even if you hate them.
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We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a nuclear bomb, we are brave enough to say that we want it. But we never do that.
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To be understood is to prostitute yourself.
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I'm really into psychology, and I want to be a psych major.
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I always look at it that I work with my employees as opposed to them working for me.
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As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career, but a mug's game. No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: He may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing.
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I just now put Robert Altman down feeling heartbroken but happily and deeply inspired. . . . Wonderful.
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Globalization is not in itself a folly: It has enriched the world scientifically and culturally and benefited many people economically as well.
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I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.
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Poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere, and at all times, in hundreds and hundreds of men.
