Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
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I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.
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He who awaits much can expect little.
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The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.
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Culture constitutes an essential element of social and political liberation. As people rise up across the Middle East and North Africa, the diversity of their cultures is not only the means but also the ultimate goal of their liberation and their freedom.
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Every child, woman and man has a right to enough nutritious food for an active and healthy life.
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Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain.
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I write my songs and just play them, so there are not a whole lot of fireworks. As long as the music comes first, it's OK to have some fireworks. But not the other way around.
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Most days I struggle just to be accepted into the camp of plain old feminists. This is mainly because I am not by nature ideological and generally suspicious of people who are.
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That MySpace is the story of the year. Everyone but my mother is on it.
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Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
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In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change.
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My general taste is towards the melancholy.
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Much like addictive drugs, power uses ready-made reward circuitries in the brain, producing extreme pleasure.
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I don't want to be known in my life for what I do from 5 to 9 in the mornings.
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Very few people know this, but I love organizational products and tools. One of my favorite places to shop are container stores where you can get bins, boxes and crates to organize your life.
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I love to visit the comic shops, and I don't want to call myself a 'foodie,' because that word is just stupid, but I love diner food, and I'm a hardcore fan of 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.'
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Some of these people think the universe is five thousand years old, and they say it with a straight face. If somebody had an explanation saying why they thought the earth was five thousand years old, there's only two possible explanations: you're really stupid, or you're really cynical and trying to get really stupid people's votes.
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Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.
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Cost overruns are not uncommon in architecture, particularly for designs that depart from structural or technological norms, or demand a finer quality of execution than commercial schemes - conditions typical of buildings for cultural institutions. Budgets are exceeded for many reasons, not all of them within an architect's control.
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One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.
