Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
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I remember the first time I stepped into the ring at age 16. I loved hitting things... but who likes getting hit?!
Mandy Bujold -
Disciples be damned. It's not interesting. It's only the masters that matter. Those who create.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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When you grumble about a taxi being dirty, people your own age will absolutely agree with you, whereas younger people say, 'You should be so lucky to have a taxi - I walk to work!' So I have lots of young friends, who fortunately don't treat me as a guru, a person that knows all the answers.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.
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During his runs for the GOP presidential nomination, Mitt Romney has done a good job of mimicking Reagan's anti-government diatribes and 'better days ahead' rhetoric.
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
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OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy!
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I was a real loner in high school, even though people assume I was the head cheerleader.
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When I started this I wanted to get back in the pool, I wanted to race and I wanted to go to the Olympics. I still want to do all of those things.
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When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but a lot of the law - most of the law that relates to the First Amendment freedom of the press in America - is really within living memory.
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I was a groupie for a year and followed a band. I dated the drummer of the band.
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In my opinion, right up there with free public schools, our free public library system is what makes citizenship possible, even what makes America great.
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I'm not going to be bullied or pushed around by the group of the day. You've got to have political courage. You've got to have your own inner beliefs.
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People love things about Hollywood. People love to see the inside of what's going on.
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For many years, I hated nature. As a student, I refused to put a plant anywhere - a living plant, that is. Dead plants were OK.
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The efforts you make will surely be rewarded. If not, then you are simply not ready to call them efforts.
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Why doesn't anyone remember that the Palestinians already had four real opportunities to establish their state, yet each time they preferred to revert to terrorism?
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Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.
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My father has never once asked me a question, any question. There's a freedom that came from that. It allowed me to create my own way of thinking.
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I thought of learning cinematography, so I assisted a cinematographer for an ad.
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Creating chaos provides excitement for some people, especially those who are uneasy with silence, those who distract themselves from their own problems by focusing outward, those who feel empty inside and need to fill themselves up with activity, and those who were raised in an environment in which harmony and peace were unknown.
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Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
