Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Shakespeare is dangerous to young poets; they cannot but reproduce him, while they fancy that they produce themselves.
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Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here.
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I'm fascinated by male vulnerability.
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I believe people have to follow their dreams - I did.
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As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.
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There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.
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Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.
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Timing has a lot to with art.
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Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't.
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I enjoy playing villains - I'm very proud that I belong to a very honorable tradition of British actors who come to Hollywood to play the bad guys. At some point in American film, I think there was the idea that the British accent had a tone to it that's a little bit naughty.
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My father is 100% Japanese and came to the United States when he was only 18 years old. My grandmother still resides in Japan, which has allowed me to travel to the roots of my ancestors with my father.
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The air campaign is going to continue, ... The Yugoslav government hasn't done anything positive.
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Wherever there are ski resorts there will be daily updates. These will mostly relay information that is relevant to skiers - imminent snowfall, the likelihood of avalanches and so on - but it will also offer advice on any storm fronts that are expected. For anybody planning a trek, this is crucial information.
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Cut out doors and windows for the house. The holes make it useful.
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Shakespeare feels very natural to me.
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The convenient function of every celebrated machine for living is to produce machines to live in them.
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I prefer short stories, but publishers would, of course, rather that writers produce novels, since novels are still more commercially viable.
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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
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We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves, eager to listen to the next story and the next, and the next.
