Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
I will say with Lorenzo de Medici that those who do not hope for another life are always dead to this one.
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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Conservatives are charitable, forgiving, and are always - always - more willing to laugh at themselves.
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Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.
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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
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A mom can't afford to be sick.
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen.
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On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living.
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When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
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The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.
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Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently waiting, checking their phones. There's always one place that's the place. That's how it works.
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To the youth who have taken up guns, I urge them to return to their parents and shun violence.
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I'm not a journalist. I have not gone to school for this.
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An army's bravest men are its cowards. The death which they would not meet at the hands of the enemy they will meet at the hands of their officers, with never a flinching.
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I didn't start writing songs, honestly, until I started making my album. I was always doing poetry, but I never thought I could write songs. I discouraged myself and thought it was so hard. But starting this process and learning just what it is to be a songwriter and performer taught me that you don't have to feel discouraged about anything.
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It's great to be able to get up there now and do an hour or 75 minutes of songs they're familiar with.
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Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.
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As the days go on toward July, the earth becomes dry and all the flowers begin to thirst for moisture. Then from the hillside, some warm, still evening, the sweet rain-song of the robin echoes clear, and next day we wake up to a dim morning; soft flecks of cloud bar the sun's way, fleecy vapors steal across the sky, the southwest wind blows lightly, rippling the water into little waves that murmur melodiously as they kiss the shore.
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I will say with Lorenzo de Medici that those who do not hope for another life are always dead to this one.
