Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Tolerance should, strictly speaking, be only a passing mood; it ought to lead to acknowledgment and appreciation. To tolerate a person is to affront him.
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The whole Hollywood thing where people want to put me into this 'quirky-fashionista, daughter of' category makes me mad because it's promoting something that I don't believe in, and it's not who I am.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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I guess you could say I'm a model slash hotelier slash actor slash screenwriter.
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Over the years, I have realized that there's more to a film's fate than just good acting and a solid script. It needs to be marketed well. It's the package that sells - the songs, action, actors, etc.
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It's a very rare and fortunate position to be able to make movies with two of your best friends who happen to be really amazing actors and writers.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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I don't think I've ever met any single person who has been vulgar. But you know, you learn along the way that some people are going to be very generous, and other people... It's just not innate within them. Sometimes I think you just have to decide if you're going to stand up and get on with it or if you're going to be crushed and threatened.
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Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
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Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
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Do your best, one shot at a time and then move on. Remember that golf is just a game.
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When you cover the economy as a reporter, there's one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree.
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There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.
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Sometimes living in a room that's badly designed isn't the worst thing in the world. Trust me - this is a fact! Living in a room that has no design whatsoever is even worse. I've learned this from my many clients over the years that have moved into new houses and just can't figure out where to begin.
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That's me, man - I'm a lover not a fighter.
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I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
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...the need to overawe people and demand obedience from them is powerful and seductive. It is a part of that world that the kingdom of heaven is not of.
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I spent 10 years in New York doing theater.
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All I'm doing is being in films that I would watch if I wasn't in this industry.
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Mikheil Saakashvili can claim that 80 per cent of Georgians wanted to join NATO; on the other hand, a similar percentage of Russians would almost certainly support Putin's quest for a strong Russia. We would mistake this mood at our peril.
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Tolerance should, strictly speaking, be only a passing mood; it ought to lead to acknowledgment and appreciation. To tolerate a person is to affront him.
