Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Begin by instructing yourself, then you will receive instruction from others.
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I don't care if you're a man, if you're a player: If God sends you that one and your heart is in it, you'll work it out.
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I stay subjective because that's what I do. That's one of my abilities. I don't need to watch it because I've had the adventure. I don't do low-budget acting. I do the same acting, whether I'm in a Jim Cameron or not. I always try to do good work. There's no snobbery in there.
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I am constantly amazed on every level at how lucky I am.
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Real friendships among men are so rare that when they occur they are famous.
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The way that I make films is that I sit down and I think, "How much money could I get with less consequences?" And that's how I start. I'd rather have less money and total autonomy than more money and start having to answer to things, because then I'm not being true and the money men are not being true.
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I knew a girl so ugly that she was known as a two-bagger. That's when you put a bag over your head in case the bag over her head breaks.
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Man lives measuring, and he’s the measure of nothing. Not even of himself.
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It is part of the irony of life that the strongest feelings of devoted gratitude of which human nature seems to be susceptible, are called forth in human beings towards those who, having the power entirely to crush their earthly existence, voluntarily refrain from using that power.
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To make anything a habit, do it; to not make it a habit, do not do it; to unmake a habit, do something else in place of it.
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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
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Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.
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Your greatest power is to show love, to receive love and to be love.
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My table is now brightly, now dimly lighted. Its temperature varies. It may receive an ink stain. One of its legs may be broken. It may be repaired, polished, and replaced part by part. But, for me, it remains the table at which I daily write.
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Order is the pleasure of the reason; but disorder is the delight of the imagination.
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We have to be role models. We have to be curious. Above all, we have to pay attention and be part of the conversation while our kids are still listening to us.
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Begin by instructing yourself, then you will receive instruction from others.
