Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy.
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning. It's hard to have meaning in a closet, encapsulated by nothing. I think you really have to expand yourself and your life and do what you can for other people.
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You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.
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If you're only going to give away 50 percent of your wealth... c'mon. I'm going to do much more than that.
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Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
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I think I was more or less, convinced of that by just the press, the US press. By people who were pressuring you, saying that you gotta beat the Russian's, if you don't win anything else, win the Russian meet and so forth.
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
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Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
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Today in India there are all sections of people, as the BJP realized when the poor voted them out.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
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Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.
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Unfortunately, violent events and hate-filled rhetoric around the world provide ample opportunity for promoting religious hostility.
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We want to develop a technology that's globally applicable, that's not customized for a specific city or a specific country. The only way to do that is to be able to test every day in a diversity of environments.
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One of the things I've really come to realise is that the chances of arriving at a universal truth are increased if you remain absolutely faithful to the contingencies of your own experience and the vagaries of your own nature.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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I can't imagine actually singing on this show like I did on 'Felicity', but it would be kind of funny.
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I grew up on 'Lost.' I was 17 when I started, and I did it for four or five years, on and off.
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To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.
