Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Superstition belongs to the essence of mankind and takes refuge, when one thinks one has suppressed it completely, in the strangest nooks and crannies; once it is safely ensconced there, it suddenly reappears.
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You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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Michael Kitchen was a great person to work with. So attentive and just great at what he does and supportive, also.
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It feels important to go school; not necessarily to further my education, but more like a hobby.
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I used to be a bitch. I met her at Hooters. She didn't have big boobs, but she could turn her head in a circle just like an owl. (p. 2).
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Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do - but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.
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I have faith in the universe, for it is rational. Law underlies each happening. And I have faith in my purpose here on earth. I have faith in my intuition, the language of my conscience, but I have no faith in speculation about Heaven and Hell. I'm concerned with this time-here and now.
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He had everything a dream boy should have. Back, front, sides, Everything. A head.
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Praying men must be strong in hope, and faith, and prayer.
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The US patent system adds the fuel of interest to the fire of genius in the discovery and production of new and useful things.
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If you wish a thing done, get some one to do it for you; but if you wish it done well, do it yourself.
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In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you.... You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it.
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Like restless birds, the breath of coming rain Creeps, lilac-laden, up the village street
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In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave and part free. I insist that they found the institution of slavery existing here. They did not make it so, but they left it so because they knew of no way to get rid of it at that time.
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Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean.
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Marriage is no substitute for political experience.
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The world’s karma will get the best of him. It’s not my job to do that.
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Superstition belongs to the essence of mankind and takes refuge, when one thinks one has suppressed it completely, in the strangest nooks and crannies; once it is safely ensconced there, it suddenly reappears.
