Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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Women are put in a position of feeling embarrassed about their bodies. It's so ridiculous, but also astounding - we have to always be apologetic about having created the human race.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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The media is an ally when it comes to showing the truth about terrorist groups. Attacking the media will not produce a more compliant citizenry. It will produce a more alienated, suspicious and disenfranchised public, one more likely to chafe under a government's attempts at control, all to the benefit of terrorist groups.
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Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.
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I can speak a little bit of Hindi but understand every word.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
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I'm very good friends with my former coaches. We speak on the phone a lot.
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Why are we tiptoeing on glass? You can ask me whatever you like; people usually do, and I try to be as honest as I can.
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I love Channing Tatum!
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Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form of imperialism at home. The war has done this to our thinking.
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I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.
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I hate to say it, but the older you get, you really do have to cut down on the amount you eat. Less food and less portions.
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Patients know in a heartbeat if they're getting a clumsy exam.
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I would hate to look back on my life and go, 'You know, I wanted to do a rock n' roll album. I should have, and I never did.'
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Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance.
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I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.
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Setting shouldn't just consist of describing nature or a landscape, or of saying where something takes place. It is the world of specific people. It's not enough for it to feel vivid or credible; it should feel necessary.
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I'm a big fan of David Attenborough, who I think is the most adventurous of the nature program presenters.
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I always wanted to be an athlete. Then when I realized that I can't run very fast, jump very high, or catch anything, I thought, 'Maybe if this doesn't work out, I can be an actor.'
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I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
