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.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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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.
Zoe Kravitz -
Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould -
Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
Malorie Blackman -
My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
Yoko Ono -
What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
Igor Stravinsky -
I guess you could say I'm a model slash hotelier slash actor slash screenwriter.
Vikram Chatwal
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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.
Randeep Hooda -
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.
Edgar Wright -
When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
Ted Kotcheff -
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.
Imogen Poots -
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.
Karl Rahner -
Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
W. Eugene Smith
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Do your best, one shot at a time and then move on. Remember that golf is just a game.
Nancy Lopez -
There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.
Barry Bonds -
There is the love and marriage and family kind of happiness, which is exceedingly boring to describe but nonetheless is important to have and dreadful not to have.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.
Wendy Davis -
I'm just fascinated by houses. In another life, I'd have probably trained as an architect. If I had enough money, I'd collect them like other people collect teapots. I don't know why I love them so much. I'm just very interested in the idea of a house as a metaphor for the way one lives.
Frances Mayes -
Words change over time. 'Condescending,' for instance, was once a good thing to be. It meant that a person was willing to interact politely with people of lower social ranks. In Jane Austen's world, a lady praised for her condescension was receiving a sincere compliment.
Nancy Kress
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My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy. When I was 15 we had a fight, and I didn't speak to him for 10 years.
Larry Elder -
What I wear is everything - from how I carry my hair to what I'm wearing on my feet. I have to feel comfortable on stage, so I like to wear things that have room. My mood changes a lot, so sometimes I wear 6-inch heels, and other times I'll perform in bare feet.
Laura Mvula -
Establishing mood through pictorial means is the director Ridley Scott's most notable talent. There may be no working director more accomplished at wringing texture out of the color blue than the prodigious and now prolific Mr. Scott; you'd swear that with his dazzling washes of blues and sand tones, he was inventing additional hues on the spot.
Elvis Mitchell -
What is motherhood save Nature in her most gladsome mood?
Honore de Balzac -
Emotions are far more contagious than any disease. A smile or a panic will spread through a group of people far faster than any virus ever could. When you walk into the office or a negotiation, then, wash your bad mood away before you see us. Don't cough on us, don't sneeze on us, sure, but don't bring your grouchiness, your skepticism or your fear in here either. It might spread.
Seth Godin -
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.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe