Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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No, I'm not a horse better. Every once in a while somebody will give me a sure thing and of course it's not.
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.
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There's no musical landscape to poetry. It has somewhat of a higher standard than songs, I think.
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In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.
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In 1991, few North Koreans had ever used a telephone. You had to go to a post office to make a phone call.
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I love dogs. I have a Golden Doodle and an Alaskan Klee Kai.
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I think I've achieved a lot in 41 years. I like how 41 feels; I feel good. I don't like how it sounds too much.
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Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
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It's no secret that I wear a kippa.
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We desire the good of the world and the happiness of the nations that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened... what harm is there in this?... these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come.
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I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.
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In Bollywood, you have to do one film at a time, and there are no mixed schedules. And doing four films at a time is out of the question. Telugu film industry works very differently. But the kind of films I'm getting here are better than what I've been offered in Bollywood.
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Liberals consider people to be nuisances.
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I always liked parties. You meet people; you can have fun.
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Human emotion is more interesting than anything. Everything that is so overtly sexual is not real. Real emotion is sexy. It's vulnerable and raw.
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If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. The individual must stay true to themselves.
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I think a long-term TV show is probably not for me, but doing a few years of something could be interesting.
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Happiness is not always through success. Equally, the constant pursuit of success is sure unhappiness. But we have to find the balance. My own thoughts are that parenting is very personal. And we all feel enormous insecurity about parenting. What are they going to think of us 20 years down the line?
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A framed photo on a dusty bookshelf caught his attention; he moved closer and picked it up silently. A small girl with long blond hair was standing under a tree, her face tilted up in delight as its feathery leaves brushed across her face, framing it. A willow tree. Willow.
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On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.
