Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent.
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I don't know what love means.
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As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.
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It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
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Ecuador has about 700 kilometers of border with Colombia, and a lot of it is impenetrable jungle.
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The United States of America became the envy of the world because we welcomed the best and brightest minds from anywhere on the planet and gave them the opportunity to succeed.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.
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I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past.
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I love taking chances.
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I'm hoping I'll eventually get to be a beauty blogger myself because I do my own makeup, and I have for years.
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Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.
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For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood what proceeded from their own mouths, then the prophets knew what was made manifest to the Apostles.
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With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.
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I've been pitching a show of five female stand-up comedians through the generations, from Phyllis Diller to Amy Schumer, so when I got an e-mail asking me if I would participate in the Women in Comedy Festival, I was thrilled.
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This idea of compassion comes to us because we're made in the image of God, who is ultimately the compassionate one.
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I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.
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It's always hard to deal with injuries mentally, but I like to think about it as a new beginning. I can't change what happened, so the focus needs to go toward healing and coming back stronger than before.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
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Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.
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Go looking for the best in people and you'll be amazed at how much talent, ingenuity, empathy and good you will find.
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We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent.
