Elizabeth Janeway Quotes
what society requires from art ... is that it function as an early warning system.
Quotes to Explore
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Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
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Think what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national defense were guided by a coherent ideology instead of smug ignorance.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
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We always saw ourselves in careers as entrepreneurs or angels.
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Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.
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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
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'LazyTown' is on a mission to move the world to be a healthier place. When we get kids moving, we get their families moving. And when families move, we are one step closer to moving the world. Move the body, move the mind, every day.
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I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
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I get a lot of disbelief that my accent could actually be real, which seems strange.
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It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
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The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.
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I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch and with a cigarette and coffee handy. I've got to be puffing and sipping.
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I'm like a packrat with work. I hoard my jobs.
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I don't have any ill will or ill thought towards anybody.
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The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington, that I thought were not justified for their war effort. They wanted them for postwar use.
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I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.
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I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't.
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My life is like a memento mori painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind me of the folly of human ambition.
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Most practising scientists focus on 'bite-sized' problems that are timely and tractable. The occupational risk is then to lose sight of the big picture.
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what society requires from art ... is that it function as an early warning system.
