Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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When I grow older and less popular, there will come a time when I have to shoot films on low budgets.
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I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally is not from my life exactly. But bits and pieces are, and the sentiment behind it is.
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I'm not an economist; I'm a hacker who has spent his career exploring and repairing large networks.
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Don't ask me who my favourite monster was because I'm sick of saying Tom Baker.
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If I were Osama, and the United States government were actually looking for me, I'd be clean-shaven by now, crewcutted, wearing jeans and a ZZ Top T-shirt, and living in a nice little house in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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I consider myself more exportant than important.
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The sweet mellifluous milking of the cow.
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The danger in trying to do good is that the mind comes to confuse the intent of goodness with the act of doing things well.
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Music to me is spontaneous, writing is spontaneous and it's all based on not trying to do it. From beginning to end, whether it's writing a song, or playing guitar, or a particular chord sequence, or blowing a horn, it's based on improvisation and spontaneity.
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When the storms of life come, if they come to me personally, to my family or to the world, I want to be strong enough to stand and be a strength to somebody else, be shelter for somebody else.
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I like people to have a bit of a laugh. Life is too short to not enjoy what you're doing.
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I bought a restaurant - that was pretty expensive.
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Usually, you don't really end up lifelong buddies with your co-stars.
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Neil Armstrong, when he was out there landing on the moon, I was there first.
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Whether it's countries or companies, it's about putting the best person in the job who can unite people and create value.
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What I found about 'Nashville' coming in is it's about these small performances. It can be on a big stage but detailed, small, heartfelt, real performances from musicians and singers. So if you try to do something bloated or showy, the directors dial us in and let us know.
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Saturday night at my house, I often trot out classic movies and force the urchins to watch them. There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth, but I think it's important to teach kids about American culture, and films are certainly a big part of it.
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I'm one of those people who doesn't want to miss out on anything.
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In the summer of 1964, my sister and I went to South Ballston, Virginia, to stay with my aunt and her kids. They passed the civil rights bill that summer; my cousins were so happy because now they could swim in the pool.
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- man's heart is a wonderful thing, especially when carried in the purse -
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Purity of morals is the only sure foundation of public happiness in any country.
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Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.
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Listen more to the other players on the bandstand than you do to yourself.
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The present is a powerful deity.
