Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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With the juice, I try to put a lot of different kinds of vegetables in there like zucchini, kale and broccoli. It looks scary, but it's so good for your body, and I just love the taste of it. It's so fresh; I love it!
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Lipgloss is my calling!
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You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher.
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If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.
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I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
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Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.
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To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
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I want people to tell me the truth.
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Truly to sing, that is a different breath.
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I went out to Charing Cross to see Major General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could in that condition.
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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
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You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him.
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The bar is set pretty low if you want to be a hip, accessible conservative.
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I worry that if I enjoy something - like the songs on 'Some Nights' are about wondering about who you are. I'm never quite sure and I'd hate to feel sort of content and get a good sense of who I am because if I know one thing, that's not me. I don't mind not necessarily being happy about it. And that's fine.
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I grew up with music very much in my life. I achieved success by combining my training as an accountant with my family upbringing and love of music.
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And several galleries – two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on consignment.
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And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.
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People can drink with their eyes; I can eat with my nose.
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I lust after iPods or Mini Coopers not because they're unique, but because they've been so artfully made that I couldn't imagine doing it better myself.
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Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States.
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Those who are making history seldom have time to record it.
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Pragmatism asks its usual question. "Grant an idea or belief to be true," it says, "what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone's actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth's cash-value in experiential terms?
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The best benefit we derive from history is the enthusiasm it excites.
