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Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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After the crash happened, I was so humiliated and embarrassed. I thought of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, that they must hate me. ↗

— Tracey Gold

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A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

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My grandfather lived across the garden from us, and in his attic he had a lot of radios, appliances and inventions that he had made over 50 years, such as a keyboard called a clavioline, which can be heard on some Beatles songs - it was popular in the 60s. So we had all that at home. ↗

— Michel Gondry

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Chimps are very quick to have a sudden fight or aggressive episode, but they're equally as good at reconciliation. ↗

— Jane Goodall

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I was at number one in Australia with both my album and my single. And then I was told I had cancer. I thought, 'What a strange turn of events.' ↗

— Delta Goodrem

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The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative. ↗

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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I just kind of conjured them up out of my subconscious and put them in order of ascending peculiarity. ↗

— Edward Gorey

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With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

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