Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Piety is not an end but a means to attain by the greatest peace of mind the highest degree of culture.
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I get depressed at airports.
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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
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I'm to a point now where you want to play for your fans and all that, but I'm playing for the guys in that huddle. I'm playing for the guys in that locker room.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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China - if you think about what is the character of China, it's enormous scale. It's bigness.
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When you're trying to paint a portrait of a very specific world, you're trying to show what makes the world different. So, sometimes it means exaggerating certain kind of aspects, but I don't think it's that important or it's that much of an issue as long as you get an emotional truth across.
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It is eerie being all but alone in Westminster Abbey. Without the tourists, there are only the dead, many of them kings and queens. They speak powerfully and put my thoughts into vivid perspective.
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I'm stronger and sassier as a redhead.
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It's fun being paid to read stuff and air your opinion about it - pretty much a dream job for a writer.
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I'd never rule anything out, to be honest with you, whether it be the small of volunteer status for a community organization or national politics, who knows?
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In a way, architecture is about communication. That's an aspect of the discipline that is somewhat lacking, and there's definitely room for more progression into that area. I suppose that gives me a bit of a different edge. I'm also very, very used to doing a lot of exhaustive research and finding interesting information from different sources.
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The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.
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If you do an autopsy on an 85-year-old who died of a stroke, you will find five other things that person was about to die from.
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I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days.
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We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure.
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Space and time may have a structure as intricate as the fauna of a rich ecosystem, but on a scale far larger than the horizon of our observations.
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Music is art, and once you become an artist, you need to learn how to accept criticism.
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I think when you provide something absolutely free, the potential of abuse exists. Getting an education without skin in the game is not good.
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I believe the best influence you can have is not by being preachy, but by trying to live. For example, knowing you're not perfect, but trying to treat everyone kind and accepting everyone for who they are.
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I am not doctor who and I can't turn back time. I once said the audience was all punks and little girls, now they are old punks and old little girls. I don't mind the fans being maturer, if there are younger fans that's good too.
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Piety is not an end but a means to attain by the greatest peace of mind the highest degree of culture.
