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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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 think I'm more European in personality.
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I saw clearly only when I saw with love. Or can one ever remember love? It's like trying to summon up the smell of roses in a cellar. You might see a rose, but never the perfume. And that's the truth of roses, isn't it? - The perfume?
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J'ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de l'indifférence.
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The actions of the terrorist organizations, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and Hamas, in Gaza, against Israel are unconscionable. Instead of working towards peace, these terrorist organizations have chosen to perpetuate the violence.
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The whole history of the Christian Church is a mixture of errors and violence.
