Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
The iron hand of necessity commands, and her stern decree is supreme law, to which the gods even must submit. In deep silence rules the uncounselled sister of eternal fate. Whatever she lays upon thee, endure; perform whatever she commands.
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He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.
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As a young actor, I found myself in all these movies at once, with two big trilogies and a Cameron Crowe film and working with Ridley Scott a couple of times.
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We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.
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There's always hunger to create because I believe that's what I do. I believe that's what I'm supposed to be doing.
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I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.
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Thank God for the potholes on memory lane.
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History should belong to all of us, and it needs to include people from different cultural backgrounds. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant to children, who could then become disenchanted with education.
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I feel like freedom of speech is one of the great things in this country and the freedom to do what you feel is right.
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The problem in Afghanistan is really not so much land as water. It's a dry country with ample amounts of water running through it, but not to good enough effect.
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If you come from Africa with your economic poverty and your cultural riches, and you meet someone like Peter Gabriel or a person from a big record company, and they tell you that what you are doing is marvelous, that makes you feel powerful.
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Cancelled isn't a bad word because it happens everyday.
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Say something personal, not from a publicist.
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I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.
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Tahini is fantastically versatile, its deep, nutty flavour a harmonious match with roasted vegetables, grilled oily fish or barbecued meat.
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The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?
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I've been a regular customer at CVS Pharmacy, the country's second-largest drugstore chain, for 20 years. I've spent a small fortune there over that span, visiting several times a week to pick up everything from milk to toothpaste to prescriptions.
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People will still give me attention: even when my teeth are gone, I'll have some good stories to tell.
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The reform of a college English department cuts no ice down at the corner garage.
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I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.
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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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I get embarrassed a lot of times getting attention, but I like being onstage. Do you know what I mean? If I'm in a crowd of people and they're all looking at me, I will feel embarrassed. It's a strange dichotomy.
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I'm a songwriter. Everything affects me.
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The iron hand of necessity commands, and her stern decree is supreme law, to which the gods even must submit. In deep silence rules the uncounselled sister of eternal fate. Whatever she lays upon thee, endure; perform whatever she commands.
