Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Everything that we encounter leaves traces behind. Everything contributes imperceptibly to our education.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I try to walk that talk for my children.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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We've all heard of the surveys revealing that teenagers think cows lay eggs, and others where children can identify more brand logos than trees, by a staggering margin. My view is that children will form a significant part of the green fightback. They instinctively understand the value of the environment.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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I've always had a dream of owning a restaurant.
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I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.
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If you aren't born here, to be a real New Yorker, you have to bring your talent, be a successful mentor, and support the New Yorkers who made the city by giving back.
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I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.
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Let's be clear about what Common Core is. It spells out what students should know at the end of each grade. The goal is to ensure that our students are sound in math and literacy and that our schools have some basic consistency nationwide. But the standards do not dictate a national curriculum, and teachers are not told how or what to teach.
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The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
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There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television.
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I'd end all of the wars. I'd bring all of the troops home and make sure that they're taken care of for life - for what they did protecting our country.
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Lower taxes will stimulate your own personal economy by leaving more money in your pocket to do what you want - invest, save, spend, buy a bigger house, a nicer car, and give to charity. And lower taxes also lead to more money for the government to use on those things they've promised you. It's a win-win for everyone.
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Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition.
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If something becomes old-fashioned, it was no good to start with. Think about it. Michelangelo is not old-fashioned.
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I was a horrible student.
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There is a sense in which the Christian's life on earth is a dress rehearsal for heaven. Not in terms of costumes and theatrics, but in terms of worship and devotion to the One we will worship for all eternity - the Lamb who sits on the throne of heaven.
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Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
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What I would do is bring that money home and invest it in education.
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Everything that we encounter leaves traces behind. Everything contributes imperceptibly to our education.
