Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
We accept every person in the world as that for which he gives himself out, only he must give himself out for something. We can put up with the unpleasant more easily than we can endure the insignificant.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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So I will say it with relish. Give me a hamburger but hold the lawsuit.
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There's a need to keep the history of an artform going, parallel with the new work that's being done.
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I played Winnie Cooper on 'The Wonder Years' from ages 12-18, and did a few other movies during some of the summers.
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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Even though my songs may sound very personal, to me most of them are fiction. It is a great way for me to be able to live a fantasy life as a writer because I get to be someone else, someplace else for three and a half minutes, just like the listener.
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The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.
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I myself am mixed race - my mother is Korean, and my father is an American Jew - so I've always felt other.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.
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My sense is that the wonderful technology that we have to visualize the inside of the body often leaves physicians feeling that the exam is a waste of time and so they may shortchange the ritual.
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I'm sure that I don't know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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The point of the future is that anything can happen.
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The hooks didn't roll out any more sevens than my hands did before them.
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When I think of Emily Dickinson, there's not one particular poem of hers that jumps out, but I do have a very vivid image of an ill woman with giant eyes who wants to write about the sun exploding.
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The principle of democracy is all about delegation of power by the vast majority of citizens through a few chosen representatives chosen on merit and competence.
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I've met men who have been married 19, 20 years, and all of a sudden the wife decides one day she needs to find herself.
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If you're in California, and it's raining, stay home because nobody can drive in the rain. It's like it's raining frogs. They're terrified.
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Our world is increasingly interdependent and pluralistic, and in order to ensure a civil future, we must get to know one another.
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We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there.
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Stand-up comedy is a science. Every comedian is a psychology major, naturally.
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We gain power in our refusal to accept less than we deserve.
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We accept every person in the world as that for which he gives himself out, only he must give himself out for something. We can put up with the unpleasant more easily than we can endure the insignificant.
