Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
A man is not little when he finds it difficult to cope with circumstances, but when circumstances overmaster him.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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With the work that I do as a director, I've got dialogue, camera movement, and character blocking to help create a tone to the piece. In photography, those elements are somewhat void so that tone becomes a bit more subtle but still equally important.
Aaron Ruell
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We must improve our lives and we will do it together - all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine.
Viktor Yanukovych
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
W. Somerset Maugham
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
Damon Albarn
Blur
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
Gail Sheehy
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
Tacitus
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There is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service.
Napoleon Hill
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The man who avoids debt doesn't have to worry about avoiding his creditors.
Evan Esar
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It's extremely difficult to describe interestingly what happens on the pitch. Thousands of journalists write millions of words every week trying to do it, so your chances of avoiding cliche are very slim. And you're trying to write fiction, not a match report.
Mal Peet
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What a weak, credulous, incredulous, unbelieving, superstitious, bold, frightened, what a ridiculous world ours is, as far as concerns the mind of man. How full of inconsistencies, contradictions and absurdities it is. I declare that taking the average of many minds that have recently come before me ... I should prefer the obedience, affections and instinct of a dog before it.
Michael Faraday
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Noble man remembers nothing good he did for others.
Ali-Shir Nava'i
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A man is not little when he finds it difficult to cope with circumstances, but when circumstances overmaster him.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
