Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Know'st thou yesterday, its aim and reason? Work'st thou will today for worthier things? Then calmly wait the morrow's hidden season, And fear thou not, what hap soe'er it brings.
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I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
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Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't.
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Along with issues like global warming, I think a problem with the world today is population decline.
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People go to extraordinary lengths to get films made.
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I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
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The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.
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Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.
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I've never thought in terms of 'men do this' and 'women do that.'
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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Everybody thinks I'm very clean and sort of upright, don't they?
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I adore this adventure, I adore working with youth. For me it's a daily challenge, working to help these youths realize their dreams.
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Expenditure can't really guarantee a great experience. I don't even like shopping; I've never bought stuff for myself, and everything I wear are gifts from my brothers, friends and people.
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How is it even sustainable in 21st-century America that women earn, on average, 77 cents for every dollar earned by men?
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There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.
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The waves of religion based on terrorism in the 1990s are based on the tormented response of a mutilated Muslim society whose progressive forces have been savagely emasculated. Why on earth is the Arab world so hostile to women? Why can it not see women as a force for development?
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I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers.
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The Chinese model calls for giving your kids very little choice - and I've come to see that you can go too far with that. On the other hand, I also believe that Western parents sometimes give their young kids too much choice.
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We must realize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious.
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The Adversity Index was created by msnbc.com and Moody's Analytics to track the economic fortunes of states and metro areas. Each month, the Adversity Index uses government data on employment, industrial production, housing starts and home prices to label each area as expanding, at risk of recession, in recession or recovering.
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A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.
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Know'st thou yesterday, its aim and reason? Work'st thou will today for worthier things? Then calmly wait the morrow's hidden season, And fear thou not, what hap soe'er it brings.
