Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
The whole history of the Christian Church is a mixture of errors and violence.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
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When I had cancer - of the colon first, followed by breast cancer and a mastectomy - my motto used to be 'Drips by day, Prada by night.' I felt that I had to grasp it in the same way as you'd take on any challenge.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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With 'Free Agent Nation,' I was figuring out how to write a book along with writing the book. Now I think I've kind of, sort of figured out how to write a book a little bit better. But the process remains not that different - slow; laborious; tiny, incremental progress each day, punctuated by feelings of despair and self-loathing.
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There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.
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We must not let daylight in upon the magic.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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To get a good deal, I buy them all with a friend. The houses, the boat, everything. We each buy half. So I pay half price! They get used more.
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The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.
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'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.
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The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture.
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Opinions differ most when there is least scientific warrant for having any.
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I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.
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I prioritize the things that need to get done at work, and I ask myself where I'm spending the majority of my time. The answer to that question always needs to be 'with my family.'
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Muriel, my mother, was my main confidant. She was a teacher of English at Watford grammar school but took a break while my sister Madeleine and I were children. She held court in the kitchen, and we talked about everything.
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For me, surfing is as close a connection I can have with Mother Nature. To surf, you're riding a pulse of energy from Mother Nature. And it's strong. It's real. It's there. And you're dancing with that. You're connecting with that. You're might be the only person in the history of the universe that connects with that particular pulse of energy.
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The whole history of the Christian Church is a mixture of errors and violence.
