Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

In politics people throw themselves, as on a sickbed, from one side to the other in the belief they will lie more comfortably.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.

Action Bronson
- Song
- Never
- Pressure
Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.

Larry Elder
- People
- Home
- American
A book is not an example of 'women's writing' simply because it is written by a woman. Writing may become 'women's writing' when it could not have been written by a man.

Rachel Cusk
- Writing
- Women
- May
It's so necessary to try and record the cultural memory of people. To set it down for generations to come. To better understand where we are headed. The problem is, a good portion of what we choose to remember is about willed forgetting. Which we all do, I believe, to protect ourselves from what is too difficult.

Natasha Trethewey
- People
- Good
- Believe
Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.

Gaby Hoffmann
- Kids
- Parents
- Value
The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.

Yehuda Amichai
- Reason
- Poet
- Himself