Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty.
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Seasonality in winter doesn't have to mean sleep-inducing, stew-like, starchy casseroles.
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China should cut heavy industries' share in gross domestic output by 9 percentage points between 2013 and 2030 to meet its pollution cuts target.
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As an actor, what I can do is tell the truth. At least, I hope I can tell the truth - a dramatic truth, but still an honest portrayal.
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I think there are brilliant jokes to be made about abortion, and we should be able to talk about this in the way that we make jokes about death - you should be able to make jokes about everything.
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As a working mother, the last thing you need is to be hard on yourself. As a stay-at-home mother, the last thing you need is to be hard on yourself. As a twenty something with no job prospects or life partner in sight, the last thing you need is to be hard on yourself.
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I was the first one to say that there could be comfortable, sexy shoes, and it's a big part of our brand.
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For me, the labor movement and public education are linked as the essential building blocks to a strong middle class and a path to the American dream. It's why I went to Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations as an undergrad and then to law school.
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I've never been a model, I was an actress for like a minute, but I've always been a writer. That's where I'm going to stay.
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I'm very humble.
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A film of my life would never happen!
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I admire people who destroy themselves.
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I wasn't really qualified to be on Saturday Night Live - I'm not like an impressionist or anything.
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When I'm getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves what he does is really attractive.
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At first, I didn't know what an actor was. I thought it was an acrobat. I saw acrobats at the circus, and I thought that was interesting. In my head, that was what I imagined I wanted to be when I grew up. Then I realized what an actor was, and I've gravitated to it ever since.
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Even at the end of a presidential election campaign, we have no way to know what Mitt Romney really believes.
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I love to get on the road, but I also think arriving is such a thrill. Turning up at the train station in Mumbai, for example, to see people hanging off all the wonderful old carriages. It's extraordinary - everyone sitting with their chickens on their laps, moving forward but not going anywhere fast.
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You know when you hear a lyric and you can tell that the person means it? That is really hard; that is so much harder than it seems: to find the topics that you're passionate about and have it come across as like, 'Yeah, that guy needed to sing that song.'
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I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
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Don't look back until you've written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceeding day. This prevents those cringing feelings, and means that you have a substantial body of work before you get down to the real work which is all in . . . The edit.
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Every animal is related to its own constitution and the consciousness of it.
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Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis.
