Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
No doubt you are right... there would be far less suffering amongst mankind if men... did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.
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I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal.
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For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.
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Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.
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I think in a lot of situations I had got songs stolen from me, or treated badly.
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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Luck is going to play a huge part in your life.
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I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog.
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He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest.
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I've learned that universal acceptance and appreciation is just an unrealistic goal.
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If I'm extremely bored and I don't have a book with me and I'm being an obnoxious teenager, I'll read 'BuzzFeed' on my phone. But even that just leaves me feeling icky because I think for some reason my comfort zone is to just not really be in the loop about stuff like awards shows or things like that.
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Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.
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The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out.
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I had always suspected that one could build an entire house from what went into the landfill, and, sure enough, it's true.
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My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They focused on our family life. The entertainment business wasn't the end-all. They weren't out to get the next big paycheck or the next big movie. It was about 'What can we do as a family.'
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What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you.
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How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?
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A person who uses party as a verb is a person who will walk into a shop and walk out wearing a rubber jumpsuit.
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I get irritated with the world. I get irritated with politicians. I get very irritated with governments and with corporations, but in terms of imagination - my imagination is always fertile. I'm either thinking of my own things or constantly engaged by the things that other people do.
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....and planted her boat right on top of the one in front of her.
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No doubt you are right... there would be far less suffering amongst mankind if men... did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity.
