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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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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I enjoyed art in school. I've always done little drawings and stuff like that. I don't really know what I'm doing with the painting, but I experiment.
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As soon as a disease is diagnosed, we still need someone to deliver the care.
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There are only two things a child will share willingly-communicable diseases and his mother's age.
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People believed what I said was what I believed.
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When you have a novel, exciting finding, that gets attention. People are going to push back, and that's honestly how science should work.
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We [Americans] are a nation of immigrants. We all understand what this country has become because talent from all around the world wants to come here, people who are willing to take risks, people who want to build on their dreams and make sure their kids have an - even bigger dreams than they have.
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Poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere, and at all times, in hundreds and hundreds of men.