Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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Sometimes I panic to the point where I don't know what I'm thinking or doing. I have a full anxiety attack. I have them all the time anyway, but with auditioning, it's bad.
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Typically, a book is published and gets one season in the sun. Eventually, you write another book, and maybe your old books get a bump, but my books seem to keep being discovered and recommended to new people of all ages.
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For the Arabs in Israel there is always a tension between nationality and identity.
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The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
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And if you're horrible to me I'm going to write a song about you and you are not going to like it. That's how I operate.
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Enormous enlargements of an object or a fragment give it a personality it never had before, and in this way, it can become a vehicle of entirely new lyric and plastic power.
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For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom.
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I always feel a bit trapped when a painting goes for millions of pounds and only one person can have it. If you can have that as well as a poster on every student's wall, then you're in a very enviable position. I'd like to do a Damien Hirst for £500 at some point.
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I cannot live anywhere else except India.
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Why consider debates in the English House of Commons in 1628 along with documents on American developments in the late eighteenth century? The juxtaposition is not capricious, because the Commons during this period generated many of the ideas that were later embodied in the government of the United States.
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If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.
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If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.
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Golf is about knowledge, and studying another player - more than listening to a teacher - is the best way to get it.
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If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.
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Do you know how many calories are in butter and cheese and ice cream? Would you get your dog up in the morning for a cup of coffee and a donut?
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I have a large watch collection, and classic watches are especially important to me. I had a silver Rolex, and I actually gave it to my little brother. He wears it every day. He's an actor, so whenever he goes to an audition, he can look down, see it, and it gives him confidence. It was a great thing to pass on.
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I just like doing things from my own head.
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This morning I wake to be older than you were Fresh white snow for miles Every footstep will be mine.
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Immigration is the most difficult issue I've ever dealt with, and I've dealt with some tough issues: drones, gays in the military, WikiLeaks, Guantanamo. But immigration is hardest because there are so few people willing to talk and build consensus. Everybody's firmly made up their mind. It's a polarized issue.
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I honestly, purposely have not gone to therapy because I know some crazy stuff's going to be dragged up and, you know, I'll be like, 'Wait, what?'
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The yoke a man creates for himself by wrong-doing will breed hate in the kindliest nature; . . .
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
