Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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The cat is classic whilst the dog is Gothic - nowhere in the animal world can we discover such really Hellenic perfection of form, with anatomy adapted to function, as in the felidae.
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The radio even weren't allowed to say there was a Holocaust and people were being killed right, left and center in these terrible camps.
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Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.
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Hurry boys, hurry, we have to make a quick change or the hour will be up.
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I would be a terrible person to be in a relationship with because I'm either sleeping or at the theater.
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The quality of instruction is very high at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. It's not about being a rock star. It's about the fundamentals of music, theory and technique on a particular instrument, and playing in an ensemble or private setting.
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A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.
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I would hate to see the idea of freedom disappear, and I wonder if maybe it will.
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Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.
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And the ability of citizens to organize and advocate for change - that's the oxygen upon which democracy depends.
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Rutherford was a historian, after all, and secretly enjoyed it when the truth did injury to modern sensibilities.
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How alike are the groans of love, to those of the dying.
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There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is impossible.
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Man is always something more than what he knows of himself. He is not what he is simply once and for all, but is a process...
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If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to. And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you.
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I don't know that I'm actually bipolar, but I definitely have huge mood swings, and I'm definitely passionate about the way I feel. I'm not really lukewarm one way or the other.
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Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.
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I believe that He was made man, joining the human nature with the divine in one person; being conceived by the singular operation of the Holy Ghost, and born of the blessed Virgin Mary, who, as well after as before she brought Him forth, continued a pure and unspotted virgin.
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But while, to the immigrant, entry to this country was admission to privileges and opportunities eagerly sought, the impact upon the existing population was very different. For reasons which they could not comprehend, and in pursuance of a decision by default, on which they were never consulted, they found themselves made strangers in their own country.
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What were we made for? To know God. What aim should we have in life? To know God. What is the eternal life that Jesus gives? To know God. What is the best thing in life? To know God. What in humans gives God most pleasure? Knowledge of himself.
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You should celebrate the end of a love affair as they celebrate death in New Orleans, with songs, laughter, dancing and a lot of wine.
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Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.
