Franz Kafka Quotes
If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it would have been permitted.
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We all have thoughts and feelings that we believe are fundamental to our lives but that are better left unspoken.
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I believe that first impressions are very important.
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That's the kind of consumer society we live in. We're always looking for the next product that's going to change your life instead of just going out and changing your life.
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The only important thing about design is how it relates to people.
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It's amazing to think how powerful of a force optimism and hope can be. It's the thing that saves me. I believed that I lived in the greatest country in the world. I still believe that, and consequently, I believed that I had a chance, even though things around me were absolutely crazy and difficult.
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I had two different degrees: One in International Relations/Political Science and another degree in Radio and Television Production.
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What I have learned is that designers are willing to tell the world that they are here to empower women from all different backgrounds and different walks of life.
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Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously I've always written songs that are critical of our government, and talk about our times. Hopefully you attempt to be timeless while doing it.
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All of my walls are covered with framed pictures of my friends.
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The auctioneer is talking for both people, and that's the big revelation about, 'Oh, that's what they're doing.' They're just doing it very fast, so you could kind of miss on that. He's speaking for you, because people in the crowd don't have a voice, so that's what really makes it compelling.
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I am a method actor, but I'm also a film actor as well as a method actor. Characters that don't have humility, whether they are heroes or villains, are hard to relate to. All characters in every aspect of what we do should have humility. If they don't, then they're a cartoon character.
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I think that what we were doing with the live musical version of 'Shrek' was taking the ideas and the structure of the movie and not necessarily reinventing it but reimagining it. It is a very different medium to perform.
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Everybody is xenophobic to an extent.
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Normally, it's one or the other - a pretty, straight woman or a more charactery woman who isn't supposed to be attractive. But women like Tina Fey are leading the charge on being both. You can be funny and attractive.
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Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.
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If I were to say you are crazy, what part of that would you find unacceptable?
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A member of the community should conduct himself always by word, mind and body in such a fashion that it results in help to the society. He should also make his own men understand this.
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I NEVER loved a dear Gazelle – Nor anything that cost me much: High prices profit those who sell, but why should I be fond of such?
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I took Bobby Kennedy through the delta and he cried like a baby.
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To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position.
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The strings to our past are burned because we need a new beginning.
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If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it would have been permitted.
