Paul Heyse Quotes

In the spring of 1854, some of my publications persuaded King Maximilian II of Bavaria to offer me, at the suggestion of Emanuel Geibel, a position in Munich with an annual salary of 1000 guilders, to take part in his so-called symposia, weekly soirees at which scholars and poets were gathered.

Paul Heyse

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: March 15, 1830 - April 2, 1914

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Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about them.

John Barton

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We are, in many respects, in a moral and spiritual free-fall in our country, and we are paying a terrible price.

Joel C. Rosenberg

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When science tries to resolve its conflicts by adding and subtracting dimensions to the Universe like houses on a Monopoly board, we need to examine our dogmas.

Robert Lanza

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I was always interested in acting and writing, and I honestly thought I'd make my name as a scriptwriter one day. But somehow, I ended up in London in the early '70s, and that's where I had my David Bowie adventure.

Angela Bowie

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People won't buy insurance until they're sick. If you can call on your way to the hospital and get coverage, it's not really insurance at that point.

Angela Braly

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I really think the people I run into in the NBA, whether it's the front office side or in coaching, everybody wants to work in an atmosphere where everybody's pulling in the same direction.

Stan Van Gundy

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When you first meet an investor, you've got to be able to say in one compelling sentence - that you should practice like crazy - what your product does, so that the investor that you are talking to can immediately picture the product in their own mind.

Ron Conway

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I've always listened to music while I write, but none of my work has been so directly impacted by a song as my new novel, 'So Cold the River,' for which the brilliant strings piece 'Short Trip Home,' composed by Edgar Meyer and featuring the incredible Joshua Bell on violin, inspired much of the story.

Michael Koryta

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I'd love to write for other people.

Miranda Lambert

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Art is feminine... Look, if you're handsome and young and beautiful, well, people are always going to say that you're gay.

Juan Gabriel

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I can do a backflip on the spot. I learned how from watching 'Ninja Turtles' movies as a kid. Whenever the Turtles got in trouble with their teacher, Master Splinter, he'd make them practice backflips as punishment - and I was so focused on becoming one of the Turtles that I taught myself how to do one, too.

Jason Mitchell

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It sounds so incredibly selfish, but you just can't earn the same money doing theater as you can doing television and film. I know that's awful, but you get a mortgage and a family, and suddenly, paying that seems quite important.

Jonny Lee Miller

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