Franz Kafka Quotes
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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Indeed, our British friends have decided to leave us - which is very sad for all of us - but life goes on, and the European Union as well goes on.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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I can't take anything seriously.
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The solution to women's issues can only be achieved in a free and democratic society in which human energy is liberated, the energy of both women and men together. Our civilization is called human civilization and is not attributed only to men or women.
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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
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I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.
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I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.
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I like to play dress up, I'm in love with fashion.
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I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely.
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Goals and objectives are based on theories and foundations.
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In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
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It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to understand the composer's works.
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If you're making comedies, they have to have a fun and a rhythm to them.
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Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape ruin, and obtain the smiles and protection of Heaven.
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I think a lot of people of my generation are discomfited by the assertion of neutrality in the mainstream media, this idea that they're the voice of God. I think it's just honest to say, yes, you know where I'm coming from but you can fact-check anything I say.
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I was raised in church. I was brought up in that life, and I think that it's very important for everybody to be in touch with their spirituality and to have a relationship with God.
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I love the fact that I was able to take on some singers, and their lives be changed because of their participation or connection to the assignment that God has given me.
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The perception is that baseball's players' union is protecting players to use steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
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Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and 'proofs' all their own.
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God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.
