Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.
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We shouldn't let anti-science zealotry shut down the ability to produce low-cost, quality food for billions across the globe.
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No, I never had any dreams. The process of art is a dream in itself. The artist just doesn't... you work out something. It's yours. You don't have to go to sleep to do that. You do that on the canvas.
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The Constitution was framed upon the theory that the peoples of the several states must sink or swim together, and that in the long run prosperity and salvation are in union and not division.
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My studio works in cycles. I am consistent with all of the practices, but I give attention to one part for a certain amount of time. I say, "Okay, I'm making performances," and sometimes that means I can't be making photographic works. As I'm maturing as an artist, years have passed and I feel that I'm becoming a better craftsperson in multiple fields, but that takes time. Also, because I trained as an actor, I hold this thing about how an actor prepares and therefore I try to prepare for all of my tasks.
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Equality is of two kinds, numerical and proportional; by the first I mean sameness of equality in number or size; by the second, equality of ratios.
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The Eyes are the organs of temptation, and the Ears are the organs of instruction.
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We are so constituted by Nature that we easily believe the things we hope for, but believe only with difficulty those we fear, and that we regard such things more or less highly than is just. This is the source of the superstitions by which men everywhere are troubled.
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Knowing the bright, but clinging to the dark, you become a model to the world.
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The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.
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Being sixty-five ... became a crossroads. We said, we have nothing to lose, so we can raise hell.
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Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.
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Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things We murder to dissect. Enough of Science and of Art; Close up these barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives.
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The theater is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it.
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Living with and studying good paintings offers greater interest, variety and satisfaction than any other pleasure known to man.
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.
