Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny.
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To be honest I quit taking training and fighting so seriously and went back to living my life and having fun. I try to teach that to all the guys who come out here to train and live with me.
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Pleasure becomes a value, a teleological end in itself. It's probably more Western than U.S. per se.
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Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.
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Not every day can be an easy one, nor every day fully happy; but even a day of tough going and difficulty can be a good day.
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And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone.
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It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.
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If the death of Osama Bin Laden brings any peace to those who lost loved ones on that awful day in September 2001, that is a great thing. It is more likely, however, just a painful reminder of what was lost.
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Being the number one pick was a great opportunity and meant a lot to me.
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That's one of our biggest challenges is finding out how to do that. There are times when you have to scale back. You might be performing on a five-by-five stage in front of 12 people. That's an exaggeration but there are times when you have to turn the corner and do an acoustic set.
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Computers make people stupid.
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If you are trying to sell someone your idea and you can't even define it to yourself, then that is a problem.
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The way you create any outcome in your life is to hold the vision of your deepest desires. At the same time, though, you must honestly and accurately assess your current situation and how it relates to your greater vision. By doing this, you engage tension between what is and what can be. This tension is the primary creative force behind the manifestation of any outcome. It's as natural and powerful as the force of gravity.
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I know there are other writers who sit down religiously every morning, they take their espresso, they put a clean sheet of paper there and they sit looking at that paper until they've finished or covered at least a number of those pages. No, I'm not like that. I have to be ready. It has to gestate it for quite a while and then it's ready to burst forth.
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We can't all be good at everything. This is partly the logic behind having a team in the first place, so each role can be filled with the person best suited for that role and together, every job and every strength is covered.
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Smoothly and lightly the golden seed by the furrow is covered.
