Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
There are two things parents should give their children roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging, but also wings to help free them from constraints and prejudices and give them other ways to travel (or rather, to fly).Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
Karl Jaspers -
Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.
Carla Bley -
When we begin to desire a thing, to yearn for it with all our hearts, we begin to establish relationship with it in proportion to the strength and persistency of our longing and intelligent effort to realize it.
Orison Swett Marden -
Naturalization is the process by which a citizen, or subject of a foreign nation or kingdom, is made a citizen of the United States. It is evident that the Constitutional Convention thought that it was important that this process should be placed under the exclusive control of the Federal Government and not of the States.
Samuel Freeman Miller -
Only 10 percent of the people in the U.S. like dry wines. You shouldn't get down on people just because they like a little sugar.
Pat Paulsen -
I'd say a good couple of my closest male friends are directors.
Imogen Poots
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I invested all my money in debt.
Hamish Linklater -
I grew up in Deptford in south London, and at that time I used to wear toppers, loon pants and tonic suits from shops like Take 6 and Topman. I was a bit of a soul boy, but I had a very eclectic taste in music - I was into James Brown and Bowie; and I was the only kid in the neighbourhood who would also be listening to Chopin.
Gary Oldman -
You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.
Barry Sanders -
Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
Oliver Reed -
I love to run, and I actually run quite a bit.
Katee Sackhoff -
Sometimes you usually know the point where to keep your mouth shut.
Calvin Johnson
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I've never asked for special treatment along the way. And I'm never going to hide the fact that I'm a girl, ever. That's obvious, isn't it?
Danica Patrick -
I think the most important thing for your life is the way you interpret things. Having an optimistic point of view is so important - your life will be so bright.
Yu Chui Yee -
The last time I was in a gym, Dukakis was running for president.
Daniel Breaker -
And when I go around and talk to schools, what I tell the kids are, first of all, you have to accept each other's differences. Some of you are going to be a crappy football player, some of you are going to be a great mathematician. Whatever it is, accept each other's differences and help prop each other up.
Vince Flynn -
I've always liked drama; I've always found it really fun, like, I did go to drama club and things like that.
Rachel Hurd-Wood -
Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.
Natalie Portman
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I wanted really to make it moment to moment, partly because I'm an actor and that's how I operate - actors are all about creating the moment.
Anthony Rapp -
In my humble opinion, having tons of products and furniture and magazines and clothes is not luxurious - living minimally is.
Emily Weiss -
I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one reason: as you may have noticed, I have no hair.
Patrick Stewart -
If you start comparing my practice of law to what I could have been - selling bananas - you'll know why I gave money to the University of Texas.
Joe Jamail -
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
Francis Bacon -
There are two things parents should give their children roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging, but also wings to help free them from constraints and prejudices and give them other ways to travel (or rather, to fly).
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe