Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others.
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Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail.
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Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
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There's this idea that it's all natural, but everything's been staged to look natural. It is also an invention. It's just that my inventions are different. I often get asked about my artifice, but isn't fashion based on the idea that we can create a fantasy?
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My favorite tattoo right now is the one on my lower stomach that reads "Almost Famous" because as my career grows I'm still humbled every morning when I look at that tattoo, and I'll always remember how much it sucked to ALMOST be famous.
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God's forgiving grace is incomplete until he gives me - and I accept - a new kingdom-building dream and opportunity.
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I am tied down with single words. But you wander off; you slip away; you rise up higher, with words and words in phrases.
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Holy men of old were moved upon by the Holy Spirit and the revelation given to them is God's Word in the Holy Scriptures. Is God speaking any less today through holy men called of God to bring a message through revelation to this generation? ... We wave our Bibles and cry, 'This is the Word of' God.' Indeed it is God's Word, but the Holy Spirit yet brings revelation to this generation today that is no less God's Word... The prophet is not a method that God uses; but in fact is the only method he uses to speak to this generation.
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There is no such thing as 'Gandhism', and I do not want to leave any sect after me.
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Riches for the most part are hurtful to them that possess them.
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Thinking does not lead to truth; truth is the beginning of thought.
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A vain man is a nauseous creature: he is so full of himself that he has no room for anything else, be it never so good or deserving.
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One had a lovely face, And two or three had charm, But charm and face were in vain. Because the mountain grass Cannot keep the form Where the mountain hare has lain.
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Those dreams that on the silent night intrude, and with false flitting shapes our minds delude ... are mere productions of the brain. And fools consult interpreters in vain.
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Every year, it takes more brains to navigate this complicated world. More people are falling below what I call the 'incompetence line' through no fault of their own.
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A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others.
