Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

It is bad governments, not bad people, who cause revolutions.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.

  

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• As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.

  

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• Humility is a good estate; founded thereon, the whole spiritual edifice grows into a holy temple in the Lord. Through humility, some have even possessed the gates of their enemies. For which of the virtues is so mighty to subdue the pride of demons and the tyranny of men?

  

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• The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

  

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• The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.

  

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• I needed to take a break from performing, and from the Peas, to be happy. I craved female time, and time with my husband to feed my soul. My life now is about being balanced. I'm passionate about work and working out, seeing friends and family, and letting my hair down once in a while.

  

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• I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.

  

  Faith Prince
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• I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.

  

  Fran Drescher
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• I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.

  

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• I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
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• Often times, we think of girls as soft and vulnerable. And we don't really think of them as possibly being the solutions to some of the world's toughest problems, but they really are.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
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• I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.

  

  Navi Rawat
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• In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
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• The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.

  

  Oscar Niemeyer
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• Equality for women is progress for all.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
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• A lioness has got a lot more power than the lion likes to think she has.

  

  Jacki Weaver
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• If you give a party, you better give it right.

  

  Aby Rosen
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• When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree.

  

  Ian Frazier
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• Producing is so exciting because you can enable things to happen, whether it's like discovering a filmmaker who you're taking a chance on, protecting a battle and driving home at the end of the day just going, 'I'm so glad I stayed late at work and fought hard for that. Had my passion. Won that battle.'

  

  Drew Barrymore
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• I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.

  

  B. F. Skinner
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• I always had acting work when I needed it. I think that is why, when I watch films or TV series in America, I find in small roles or in supporting roles really amazing faces, where I have the feeling these people have actually had a life outside of acting. I find it almost a pity that I've never done anything else.

  

  Barbara Sukowa
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• The boom for luxury goods is unending. There are people who never have to worry about whether they can afford something they like. In one part of the world or another there will always be someone with money to spend on luxury.

  

  Diego Della Valle
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• It is bad governments, not bad people, who cause revolutions.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • People
  • Governments
  • Revolutions