Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things which are useless.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The ironic thing is I took Kole from a family name - we had a vote and they had a few names, but Kole won - and getting it spelled with a 'K' is a constant correction, too. I'll never not be Warren Blosjo; it's just my stage name.
Warren Kole -
I've fondly dreamed of becoming the face of an important brand since I was a child, in the same way that others dream of becoming an astronaut. I dreamed of this as I first and foremost dreamed of becoming an actor and would look up at these huge posters of celebrities while driving along motorways or crossing under bridges.
Xavier Dolan -
I started cooking out of middle school depression.
Zac Posen -
I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
Manuel Puig -
When I was teaching English and trying to get kids passionate about reading, the most effective weapon I had was 'The Martian Chronicles.'
Jack McDevitt -
My job is to create myself a career that I can go to sleep satisfied with what I'm doing.
Kate del Castillo
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Let Justice, blind and halt and maimed, chastise the rebel spirit surging in my veins, let the Law deal me penalties and pains And make me hideous in my neighbours' eyes.
Ada Cambridge -
Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple of concerts. I had no clue.
Faith Hill -
When a woman is frustrated, and it's your wife, you as the husband get that frustration.
Magic Johnson -
My Chinese side comes out in my dancing. There's a certain in-the-moment sentimentality, an appreciation for the smallest details.
Yuan Yuan Tan -
I believe in any country, matters that relate to its territory would, of course, provoke strong sentiments amongst the people of that country.
Naoto Kan -
I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time.
Zubin Mehta
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If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life.
Fran Tarkenton -
Legends of prediction are common throughout the whole Household of Man. God speaks, spirits speak, computers speak. Oracular ambiguity or statistical probability provides loopholes, and discrepancies are expunged by Faith.
Ursula K. Le Guin -
There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to the same species; and it was strange to think that but a little while before they had spoken and moved and eaten and laughed.
W. Somerset Maugham -
'If ambush I must, then ambush I will,' Aillas muttered to himself. 'A fig for chivalry, at least until the war is won.'
Jack Vance -
On a blue island in a sky-wide water The wild orange trees continued to bloom and to bear, Long after the planter’s death.
Wallace Stevens -
I think you're the least fucked-up person I've ever met,And that may be as close to the real thing as I'm ever gonna get.
Ani DiFranco
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Canada had the good health-care system and educational system. It was a privilege for me to grow up there.
Melanie Fiona Hallim -
In 1970, television ate my family. The Andy Warhol prophecy of 15 minutes of fame for any and everyone blew up on our doorstep.
Lance Loud -
A lot of my writing comes from the themes of my life, and a lot of that stems from my faith. I also strive to be a light through which Christ can shine, whether it's through the way I dress, though my videos, or through my music.
Lindsey Stirling -
The first instrument is not the final instrument.
Barry Barish -
I think as a writer you never have to flee from fame because you're not that visible in the first place, but, after the Broadway success of 'Beauty Queen,' people were coming up to me all the time, and I wasn't really prepared for that level of attention.
Martin McDonagh -
All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things which are useless.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe