Franz Kafka Quotes

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

Franz Kafka

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• Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters.

  

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• Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.

  

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• Nothing can really prepare you for you the sheer overwhelming experience of what it means to become a mother. It is full of complex emotions of joy, exhaustion, love, and worry, all mixed together.

  

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• The Jews have never been ashamed of being Jews, whereas homosexuals have been stupid enough to be ashamed of their homosexuality.

  

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• The knowledge from an enlightened person breaks on the hard rocks of ignorance.

  

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• Kubrick's films have life - they just never die.

  

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• 'Red Knot' is a film that I shot in Antarctica almost three years ago on a boat. It was a film that was improvised and it had very interesting circumstances while making the film, obviously. We were on a small boat bobbing around in Antarctica. It was a really remarkable experience.

  

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• I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.

  

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• You don't want to be too hot in the club. And ambience is important - no fog machines.

  

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• In a politically diverse nation, only by finding that common ground can we achieve results for the common good.

  

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• I desperately need the love of complete strangers. That's one reason I overtip. I love when skycaps, waiters, and valets are happy to see me.

  

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• I think snow is so evocative and has such a powerful atmosphere.

  

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• I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.

  

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• I've sung other people's music all my life.

  

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• 'Dancing with the Stars' was a really great experience. People were definitely surprised that I'm a fighter, or they couldn't believe I'm a professional fighter, but I feel like I'm going to get that for a while. I'm excited to bring a new demographic over to MMA and the UFC.

  

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• No, I've never wanted kids. But I do read about parenting a lot.

  

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• Growing up in Miami, I had all these great, strong influences. You know, being Cuban and the Latin influence, but also the strong hip-hop influence.

  

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• Sometimes even when the book is over I don't know who's good and who's bad. It's really more interesting, I think, to write about gray characters than it is to write about black and white.

  

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• In Chinese culture, it wouldn't occur to kids to question or talk back to their parents. In American culture, kids in books, TV shows and movies constantly score points with their snappy back talk. Typically, it's the parents who need to be taught a life lesson - by their children.

  

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• It was clear that in a past life the detective had been a phone booth beside an empty highway.

  

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• There was nothing technical or physical stopping us from having moved on from Apollo to a permanent Moonbase, the development of industries in space, and the establishment of the first human communities on Mars. We could have - we can - do it anytime we actually decide that it is our goal, organize ourselves to make it happen, and Just Do It.

  

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• I don't know how much thought is behind it, but it seems to me highly effective the way that Facebook will let somebody tag a photo with a friend's name, then others who are a friend of that friend can perhaps immediately see the photo, and the friend, in the meantime, has a chance to wander back and un-tag it.

  

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• My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

  

  Franz Kafka