Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Should I not be proud, when for twenty years I have had to admit to myself that the great Newton and all the mathematicians and noble calculators along with him were involved in a decisive error with respect to the doctrine of color, and that I among millions was the only one who knew what was right in this great subject of nature?
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It's for scientists to lay out the data and lay out what they think, and then it's for the public to make up its own mind. We don't live in a priesthood where some small group imposes its views on other people - that's not the way that science works, and it's not the way a democratic society should work.
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Second place is just the first place loser.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
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We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.
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I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
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I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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I loved 'Dirty Sexy Money.' That didn't have a long enough shelf life. I would've liked to explore that character and play with that cast longer. That was a lot of fun to shoot.
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I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.
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Pain is the most private experience, but its causes, whether natural or man-made, demand public accounting.
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Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.
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We're manufacturing to meet the demands of our own people but, in the meantime, for the entire world as well, and that definitely put a lot of extra pressure on our environment.
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There was a verse that said if you are lukewarm rather than hot or cold, God will spit you out of his mouth on Judgment Day. And I felt like, I mean, I don't know. I'm lukewarm.
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I listen to very little music, particularly contemporary. If I listen to it, it's going to be my own music, some arrangement or something. I spend so much time listening that the way I relax is by watching things, a comedy; that's my way to wind down.
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I always question myself, but I always say, 'Come on, we can do something good.'
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Usually, I walk around and think about things. When I come across a thought that makes me laugh, I write it down.
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Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
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As theater artists, it's a great luxury to have time.
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Big mistakes were made in Benghazi, and people should be held accountable. But the brave officers who staff American posts in crisis zones know how dangerous the work is.
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Should I not be proud, when for twenty years I have had to admit to myself that the great Newton and all the mathematicians and noble calculators along with him were involved in a decisive error with respect to the doctrine of color, and that I among millions was the only one who knew what was right in this great subject of nature?
