Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
Pankaj Mishra
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Writing never comes easy. The difference between Page 2 and Page Nothing is the difference between life and death.
Aaron Sorkin
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
Taryn Manning Boomkat
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I got lost but look what I found.
Irving Berlin
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
Wanda Sykes
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
Edan Lepucki
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A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
Hamid Karzai
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September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
Vernon Jordan
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I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elvis. It was people hanging on every word, and I felt very uncomfortable a lot of times.
Mac Davis
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I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!
Salma Hayek
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I think Serena Williams is the best tennis player of this generation, if not the best ever. It is amazing for her to be playing as well as she is at the age of 31.
Samantha Stosur
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The guiding principle is not to manufacture the goods everyone needs, rather to earn profits for a few capitalists.
Walter Ulbricht
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You know, I love America. It's such a positive country.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
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A language presupposes that all the individual users possess the organs.
Ferdinand de Saussure
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I need to have better knife skills... for vegetables.
Rachel McAdams
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Our life is full of empty space.
Umberto Eco
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You've got to believe you can get a result from the game.
Gary Speed
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Men are rather beholden ... generally to chance or anything else, than to logic, for the invention of arts and sciences.
Francis Bacon
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They are works of art that can be considered works of art but don't have to be in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.
Michael Heizer
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Environmentalism isn't a discipline or specialty. It's a way of seeing our place in the world. And we need everybody to see the world that way. Don't think 'In order to make a difference I have to become an environmentalist.'
David Suzuki
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We want 'Doll & Em' to be something we're proud of. We'd love to do another series, but it's not the be-all and end-all. Our friendship is the be-all and end-all.
Dolly Wells
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In Europe, you can get arrested for being misogynist, arrested for being offensive. You know, these are actual offenses. These are things that police can come and take you away for in Europe. Americans have to understand how bad it is in Europe.
Milo Yiannopoulos
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Water its living strength first shows, When obstacles its course oppose.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe