Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Very few people love others for what they are; rather, they love what they lend them, their own selves, their own idea of them.
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I enjoy shopping and going on holiday.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what led me to pursue a career in public service. As Secretary-General, I am determined to see this organization deliver tangible, meaningful results that advance peace, development and human rights.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.
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Mother Nature made me the way I am, and I should be happy.
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I wrote a song several years ago while I was in college called 'Muscadine Wine.' I really didn't know if it had potential or not, if it was good or bad or what. I played it for my roommates - who I played ball with - one night, and I knew they would tell me the truth. They loved it, and that encouraged me.
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What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?
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We're just like a regular family.
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There is no conclusive proof of Unidentified Flying Objects flying over India-China border.
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I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.
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If everyone were a good person, it'd obviously be a better world.
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I adore this adventure, I adore working with youth. For me it's a daily challenge, working to help these youths realize their dreams.
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There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
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Some of their faults men readily admit, but others not so readily.
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Geniuses are people who notice things and connections between things which others haven't noticed. Genius must be a surprise.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
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Very few people love others for what they are; rather, they love what they lend them, their own selves, their own idea of them.
