Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
The whole art of living consists in giving up existence in order to exist.
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I love to make a one-pot meal - think stir-fry but in the French Fricassee. I start with what takes the longest to roast and then add vegetables, fresh herbs, and starch until the meal is complete in one shot.
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I get a lot of fan mail addressed to Bilbo and sometimes Sir Bilbo - it's hardly ever addressed to Ian Holm, in fact. My business manager drafts the replies, and then I pop in to the office and sign them, 'Bilbo!'
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I am no historian, but Hungary is a country which has never known democracy - and by that, I mean not a democratic political system, but an organic process which has mobilised the entire country's society. In the case of Hungary, this development was blocked by the growth of the Ottoman empire in the 16th century.
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It's fun being paid to read stuff and air your opinion about it - pretty much a dream job for a writer.
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We have come to the edge of the abyss and now it is time for a bold step forward. There is a political view that the tougher you are, the more credible you are.
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For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons.
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All these actors who died before I was born, all the theaters and the artistic movements - all that stuff fills you up and makes you feel like you're the inheritor of all this information and of all its passion.
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The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.'
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Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends.
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I think when you take off that jacket and they see that ‘I LOVE GRANDMA’ T-shirt, they’re going to rip your heart out.
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It isn't the thing you do, dear, it's the thing you leave undone which gives you a bit of heartache at the setting at the setting of the sun.
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Those who reach decisions promptly and definitely, know what they want, and generally get it.
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Advice to first year medical students: In anatomy, it is better to have learned and lost than never to have learned at all.
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And I have the sunset, and the Tuscan wine, and the white teeth of the women in Rome. I am a traveler in Romance.
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There never has been a culture since this world began in which a New Testament Christian could feel at home.
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Love is a spy who is plotting treason, In league with that warm, red rebel, the Heart.
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My father could talk about the Romany way of life and its culture. He could talk about freedom and the Scottish spirit. But that was all he could talk about. I was desperate for someone to talk to but there was just nobody there.
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If you were to ask me to define a photograph in a few words, I would say it is a fossil of light and time.
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The Reserve Bank cannot just exist; its ability to say 'no' has to be protected.
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There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.
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Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.
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The whole art of living consists in giving up existence in order to exist.
