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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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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'Blue Valentine' was a really sad movie, but I loved the moments when they're discovering each other for the first time.
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I don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics, do you?'
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The first bombs looked like livid shooting stars. Then, as they began their shrieking fall, the bomb trails converged. God had not shown mercy, the British possessed none and Copenhagen must suffer.
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If I wake up during a dream I can usually go back to sleep and finish the story.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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All of my peers died of AIDS, and I have no one to celebrate my past or my journey, or to help me pass down stories to the next generation. We lost an entire generation of storytellers with HIV.
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To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.
