Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
The art of living rightly is like all arts; it must be learned and practiced with incessant care.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened. I'm a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that's the way I feel about people who play on sessions.
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I don't think in words; I think in pictures, in images.
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The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
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Every concert I've finished with the knowledge I've played a fistful of wrong notes.
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I created something that became a phenomenon without becoming a prisoner to it.
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Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.
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I'm not a Trump fan, to put it mildly, but I think there's a power to simplicity. When Trump was running, people knew exactly what he stood for and what he was going to do as President.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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Pay attention to science and not myths: We think liars won't look you in the eyes, but it turns out an honest person will only look you in the eyes about 60 percent of the time.
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Going to a concert is so overwhelming and the energy is amazing.
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Lots of people think the violence in the films I make is overwhelming, but they think they're seeing something that they aren't seeing.
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If you could wean yourself off of oil and not be dependent on the Middle East, obviously it's better.
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Too often, campaigns are all flash and no substance.
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I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know what everybody's thinking. First person is very limiting, and I could never sustain a first person novel before.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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I originally wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. Then I had this huge fear of black holes because my brother learned a bunch of stuff about it, and he's like, 'Oh, yeah, if you go into one you're never coming back.'
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The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the profound and unique gestures made by people in different countries to honor his life upon learning of his death.
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There are a lot of aspiring singers who are not paid attention to because they don't look like a fashion model.
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I'd think,'In a relationship, we should never have his kind of fight.' Then, instead of figuring out how to make it work, I looked for a way to get out of it. The truth is, you shouldn't be married if your that kind of person.
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Sometimes you just need to distance yourself from people. If they care, they'll notice. If they don't, you know where you stand.
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Once you have two buyers, you can usually make the assumption that you have a limited downside risk.
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The art of living rightly is like all arts; it must be learned and practiced with incessant care.
