Martin Heidegger Quotes
Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.
Quotes to Explore
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But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?
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When we come to understand nature, we are touching the most deep and most important parts of ourself.
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The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph.
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For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around.
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It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.
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The media doesn't create narratives, really. They're not that powerful. What they do is they tap into narratives that are already bubbling amongst their viewership or readership.
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With a focus on records and making money, you tend to miss a good story.
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Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans of songs rather than fans of artists.
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It was always my dream to write for a living.
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The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
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Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.
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I have all these rules for avoiding depression. One is going outside in the morning. I don't keep breakfast in the house, so that I have to go out first thing when I first wake up. And then I come back and shower.
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If I have to be fierce, I'll be fierce.
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I am sure that in the story of Adam and Eve, the forbidden fruit was a fig and not an apple, pear or anything else.
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I've never been much of a guitarist. I mean, I've played forever, but I was always more of a rhythm kind of guy. I don't read music.
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One characteristic that I hope I never relinquish is an intense curiosity about the world around me.
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I feel it's my responsibility to turn people on to great music.
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There are a lot of parallels between the historical Henry VIII and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. There's an oscillation and extremity of emotion throughout his repertoire that lends itself beautifully to the nature of Henry VIII, definitely. He will push things to the limit, and yet remain in emotional control.
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As usurpation is the exercise of power which another has a right to, so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which nobody can have a right to...
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I do not pretend that I have led a blameless life, or that one fault justifies another, but the public in judging a case like mine should remember that the darkest life may have a bright side...
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A remorseful change of mind renders even a noble action base, whereas the determination which is grounded on knowledge and reason cannot change even if its actions fail.
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Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.
