#once

I said to the German Ambassador that, as long as there was only a dispute between Austria and Serbia alone, I did not feel entitled to intervene; but that, directly it was a matter between Austria and Russia, it became a question of the peace of Europe, which concerned us all. ↗

— Edward Grey

#ambassador #austria #became #between #concerned

If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#completely #concept #correct #danger #entire

In the end, they pardoned me and packed me off to a home for the shell-shocked. Shortly before the end of the war, I was discharged a second time, once again with the observation that I was subject to recall at any time. ↗

— George Grosz

#any #before #discharged #end #home

The Chinese foreign ministry has said more than once that I am a free person. Did I do anything wrong by leaving my home? ↗

— Chen Guangcheng

#anything #chinese #did #foreign #free

I concede nothing until they throw dirt on my face. ↗

— John Monks

#dirt #face #i #nothing #throw

Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

#american music #beginning #changed #charles #his

Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be. ↗

— Ian Hacking

#every #happens #human #human race #makes

Once, I optioned a novel and tried to do a screenplay on it, which was great fun, but I was too respectful. I was only 100 pages into the novel and I had about 90 pages of movie script going. I realized I had a lot to learn. ↗

— Gene Hackman

#fun #going #great #had #i

I don't know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that the range of voices that are being heard and published is a lot more diverse than when I was coming up. ↗

— Jessica Hagedorn

#coming #concerning #contemporary #diverse #evolve

I once had a dream and this one familiar god, who was probably one of my master teachers, said, 'You should not worry about being on the charts. That's not important.' ↗

— Nina Hagen

#being #charts #dream #familiar #god