Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (Bertolt Brecht) Quotes
Of all the works of man I like bestThose which have been used.The copper pots with their dents and flattened edgesThe knives and forks whose wooden handlesHave been worn away by many hands: such formsSeemed to me the noblest.
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I get kind of sad when I look at all of my magazines and think about how at one time I was much more impressed with a certain fashion editorial, or how I feel like I can't really relate to being that excited about fashion anymore. Maybe it's being jaded, but I honestly like that now, when something's really good, I feel more affected by it.
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All of the philosophers I studied were white (with a few Eastern exceptions), and, for that matter, they were all male. Africa, the cradle of civilization, seemed to have no footing in the highest form of human thought.
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This town was built on nepotism.
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When I was a child - in wartime, pre-television - books were my life.
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I used to think drinking was the only way to be happy. Now I know there is no way to be happy.
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Our nation was built by pioneers - pioneers who accepted untold risks in pursuit of freedom, not by pioneers seeking offshore profits at the expense of American workers here at home.
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Entrepreneurship is seen as if you're in Silicon Valley or New York City and starting an app business or a social-media business, which is cool. But what we really have to focus on is people who make things, and how can we fund them, and how can we encourage people to stay in their community and make a difference in their community.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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My grandad was a miner. My father, brother, and uncles all work in industry.
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When you're a mom and you have three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
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I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing - I think it would give me that extra confidence.
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I didn't think of myself as writing 'cli-fi,' but I'll take the label. I'll take any label that makes someone think they might be interested in my stories.
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You're not human if you don't feel fear. But I've learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It's there to give me that edge for what I have to do.
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We have rules that no longer are relevant to the world we're living in. Our regulatory system can't keep up.
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Well I think in all the thirty years I've been doing this now and being gone from home and all that stuff it's really, it's not about what I've achieved and if I've become a better player, or played better ten years ago than I do today.
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As an athlete, you choose your sport and are drawn into it but your passion should never be driven by fame and fortune but a desire to create something special that people will always remember.
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When I was 17, I met many artists, and it started to become this conversation with artists out of which all of my exhibitions grew.
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The great Christian revolutions came not by the discovery of something that was not known before. They happen when someone takes radically something that was always there.
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I love human beings. I believe that there is so much to learn from every person you meet, including a child.
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I vaguely remember in the '90s when Calvin Klein started making unisex CK1. Don't worry about whether it's made for men or women. Listen, we all like to put mum's clothes on sometimes. What's important is that it feels right for you.
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I know where my priorities lie.
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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
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Of all the works of man I like bestThose which have been used.The copper pots with their dents and flattened edgesThe knives and forks whose wooden handlesHave been worn away by many hands: such formsSeemed to me the noblest.
