Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Treat people the way they are and they will stay that way. Treat people the way they can become and they will become that way.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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If you can slow the biological process of aging, even a minor slowdown in the rate at which we age yields improvements in virtually every condition of frailty and disability and mortality that we see at later ages.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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And so many of the kinds of labels you get stuck with don't really tell the story; Progressive, Art Rock, Noise Music, Downtown - it ends up being a struggle to stay out of debates that other people are having around you.
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There is no doubt in my mind that he would have (killed) again.
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Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness.
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I'm labeled a comedic actor, which is awesome. But I love getting the occasional dramatic role, too. Some of your best dramatic actors are ultimately comedians.
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The daily press, the immediate media, is superb at synecdoche, at giving us a small thing that stands for a much larger thing. Reporters on the ground, embedded or otherwise, can tell us about or send us pictures of what happened in that place at that time among those people.
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Treat people the way they are and they will stay that way. Treat people the way they can become and they will become that way.
