Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers.
Jackie Collins -
Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to pay his respects to you.
Zebulon Pike -
My kids are the future of the Mayweather family and of the Mayweather brand. I feel our family is stronger if we stay together.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
I think a lot of people of my generation are discomfited by the assertion of neutrality in the mainstream media, this idea that they're the voice of God. I think it's just honest to say, yes, you know where I'm coming from but you can fact-check anything I say.
Rachel Maddow -
We are a weird bunch, we are very disparate.
Ed O'Brien Radiohead -
I was my mother's favorite, and she'd help me with everything.
H. R. Giger
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One of my biggest inspirations growing up was Whitney Houston, so I was devastated to hear about her passing. I'm from East Orange, New Jersey, and started singing at New Hope Baptist Church, so she was like my fellow Jersey girl.
Naturi Naughton 3LW -
You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
Flip Wilson -
For 'Seabiscuit', I interviewed 100 people I never met.
Laura Hillenbrand -
War is not civilized.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
We should change the current economic system dominated by big business groups to a one where small and medium-sized enterprises develop together.
Park Geun-hye
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But though I repeated my plea, and waited on my knees for nearly an hour, there was no answer.
N. K. Jemisin -
The relationship between a civilization's socio-economic structure and its culture is perhaps the most complicated of all problems for the sociologist.
Daniel Bell -
They made and recorded a sort of institute and digest of anarchy, called the Rights of Man.
Edmund Burke -
The chief difference between free capitalism and State socialism seems to be this: that under the former a man pursues his own advantage openly, frankly and honestly, whereas under the latter he does so hypocritically and under false pretenses.
H. L. Mencken -
Art is the perpetual motion of illusion. The highest purpose of art is to inspire. What else can you do? What else can you do for anyone but inspire them?
Bob Dylan -
The danger of asteroid or comet impact is one of the best reasons for getting into space … I'm very fond of quoting my friend Larry Niven: 'The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!'
Arthur C. Clarke
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Ridicule is not a part of the scientific method and the public should not be taught that it is
J. Allen Hynek -
There are so many parts of music that it's actually a pleasure for me to work with an orchestra, or a jazz band, or a choir, and use every element that the musical tool box can offer. The world of music I love so much, and I can change the costume depending on the part, and I'm actually in the film.
Alexandre Desplat -
Real life is messy, and drama is a shaped version of real life.
Simon Beaufoy -
A year is an eternity in politics - though less than a moment in history.
Eliot Spitzer -
One must be something in order to do something.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe