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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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'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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We don't want to repeat the unintended consequences that surfaced following the NAFTA agreement.
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Like most people, I shrink from exposing my innermost secrets and my most private and intimate actions.
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To me, running is therapy. It's mood-altering and gets my endorphins going. It's also a great release and a great energy builder.
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Most Israelis do want to keep Israel safe. The question is how do you do that.
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Mass media wants bright lights. Mass media wants crazy clothes.
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I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
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The reason we ended up breaking up was because of managers, not because the band wanted to break up. The reason all the bad things came about – and they did, and they do raise their head in the Badfinger story – all of that came from the management side of it, not from inside the band.
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First of all, I think the situation today is different. We're in a different place than we were in '93, '94.
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The art of living rightly is like all arts; it must be learned and practiced with incessant care.
