Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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You just have to take control of your own performance.
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So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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Corporate nationalism to me is a little bit like what would have happened if Hitler had won. It's scary stuff. It's totalitarianism in a different from, under a different flavour.
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The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!
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I like being active and riding a bike around my neighborhood and exercising when I can.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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I think fan fiction is the way most writers start, and the same goes for music and design.
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Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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I trained as a dancer when I was much younger, for a large amount of time, like 6 or 7 years. Not to be a ballet dancer, actually, but I thought it was a complement for an actor. I thought that actors should know how to move, should know how to juggle, should know how to do acrobatics.
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When I read for 'Girls,' I was like, 'The script says 'Handsome Carpenter,' so someone else is going to get the part. They'll have someone handsome, not me.'
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I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't.
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People in misery is what most important in art.
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I've always said that you can't be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc's voice.
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Happiness is open to all, since, when you boil it down, it merely consists of contentment with what you have got and doing what you can for other people.
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I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.
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I have never gone into a picture without first studying my characterization from all angles. I make a study of the fellow's life and try to learn everything about him, including the conditions under which he came into this world, his parentage, his environment, his social status, and the things in which he is interested. Then I attempt to get his mental attitude as much as possible.
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I'm one of those people that think Thomas Edison and the light bulb changed the world more than Karl Marx ever did.
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Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
