Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
It would not be worth your while to reach the age of seventy if all the wisdom of the world were to be foolishness before God.
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I never cared about modeling. As a model, you're powerless.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
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As a kid, I always liked reading stories where I had a power-projection fantasy. I wanted to be inside of a story where I had power and influence, was going to rise to power, was going to somehow influence my society.
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My M.O. is just do what you do and don't feel like you have to make apologies for it. I'm sure there will come a point when I have to apologize for something, but not yet.
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid.
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I wouldn't want to write a biography of anyone. I'd feel too inhibited by the facts and too much pressure to do the subject's life justice.
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I took the longest showers of my life after every time I visited Gramacho. It affects the personality of the catadores. They always dress really well, they're very sharp, and when they go out they always wear a lot of perfume because they're very conscious of the possibility of having the smell.
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You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.
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My screenwriting credits in my career are probably not dissimilar to some other ones in the sense that a lot of the scripts you write don't get made, and the ones that do get made are certainly - as a writer, they're not your vision.
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We must show there is good in society. If you read the newspapers, you think there are only crooks in this world, but that's not true.
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I think I am the same kind of person I would have been if I wasn't an actor. I am not a robot.
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Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
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They put it on the page because it sounded good or it looked good or they read it in a book somewhere that this is how you structure a script or something, and they just don't get it. It's surprising.
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We are not built for ourselves, but for God. Not for service for God, but for God.
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The greatest gift God has given me is the capacity of love for people. I have so many faults, but caring about people is not one of them.
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Experience is knowledge; but knowledge, when it is sought only as a material resource, is not always a blessing. Experience is wisdom; but wisdom, with those who lack vision, is not always power. Experience is tolerance; but tolerance, when it is induced by apathy, is not in the least a virtue.
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When praying for the Lord's will about something questionable, don't give up if you don't receive clear leading after one prayer; just keep on praying until God makes it clear.
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It would not be worth your while to reach the age of seventy if all the wisdom of the world were to be foolishness before God.
