My dad told me something long before I was in politics, and when your dad gives you advice every single day, eventually one or two of the things stick in your mind. And he said, don't believe what people say, believe what they do.
Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.
Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.
Unrequited love is not an affront to man but raises him.
I loved you: and, it may be, from my soul The former love has never gone away, But let it not recall to you my dole; I wish not sadden you in any way. I loved you silently, without hope, fully, In diffidence, in jealousy, in pain; I loved you so tenderly and truly, As let you else be loved by any man.
Play interests me very much," said Hermann: "but I am not in the position to sacrifice the necessary in the hope of winning the superfluous.
Sad that our finest aspiration Our freshest dreams and meditations, In swift succession should decay, Like Autumn leaves that rot away.
I want to really start focusing on what I want to accomplish and what it is I want to achieve, but not micromanaging this or that and focusing on the little things.
The real question is: how can I live so that my death will be fruitful for others?
In your mid-30s, it’s time to start playing guys of compromise. And as you get older, men of bitter compromise.
I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don't want to - I just want to be at home with my family.