Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
Harold Washington -
Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
Randeep Hooda -
I used to have this fantasy when I was growing up where Princess Leia would be in the slave Leia costume and she would be in a vat of Breyer's ice cream. A recurring dream where I would eat my way to her.
Dan Fogler -
I get a lot of people saying to me, 'Oh, you're the actor who plays the nutters,' and I'm not. I'm the guy who plays human beings. I understand why the characters are doing what they're doing. When you play a villain, you don't play a villain: you play a human being doing what he thinks he needs to do to get what he wants.
Eddie Marsan -
Best Buy is just too Western! They do not stock enough Chinese brands, and Chinese people do not want to buy foreign brands.
Zhang Jindong -
I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.
Kanye West
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Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.
Faith Baldwin -
I've never been with a losing team in my life, and I don't think I'll start now.
Vince Lombardi -
Sometimes it's not even a role that's specifically written for a woman. It could be a role written for a white man or Asian man, or Latino. If it's something that I feel I could do well, I go after it. Especially if it's nothing that has to be gender or race specific, I'm all over it.
Gabrielle Union -
American Society for Psychical Research Journals were all around the house when I was a kid.
Dan Aykroyd -
What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out.
Edith Wharton -
I loved Robert Altman, so gentle yet naughty! And Julian Fellowes writes so beautifully.
Maggie Smith
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We were playing a small club in San Diego and the power had gone out in the building. Eddie had a lighter and kept us lit backstage. We became very good friends and spent a lot of time together including hearing Eddie sing in some of the bands he was in at the time.
Jack Irons Pearl Jam -
I appeal to the philosophers of all countries to unite and never again mention Heidegger or talk to another philosopher who defends Heidegger. This man was a devil. I mean, he behaved like a devil to his beloved teacher, and he has a devilish influence on Germany. … One has to read Heidegger in the original to see what a swindler he was.
Karl Popper -
Thou Great First Cause, least understood Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good And that myself am blind.
Alexander Pope -
They call me nuts, they call me stupid, they call me ugly. They might be right about ugly. ...All that I've done is to say what's on other peoples' mind.
Alan Grayson -
When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor. (23 February 1940)
Eleanor Roosevelt -
The important thing isn't the soundness or otherwise of the argument, but for it to make you think.
Albert Camus
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You know, everyone thinks we got this broken down horse and fixed him, but we didn't. He fixed us. Every one of us. And I guess in a way, we fixed each other, too.
Gary Ross -
Know the true definition of yourself. That is essential. Then, when you know your own definition, flee from it.
Rumi -
The government of India and the government of Jammu and Kashmir are determined to ensure that every Kashmiri lives with dignity having equal rights and equal opportunities.
Pranab Mukherjee -
I'm angry when we have to use state dollars to fill holes in our low-income heating assistance program because there isn't enough support from Washington.
Jodi Rell -
Mysteries do not as yet amount to miracles.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe