Walter Kaufmann Quotes

To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith of a heretic.

Walter Kaufmann

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• In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.

  

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• You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.

  

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• I would say the secret is to be enthusiastic about everything that comes into your life. To care, to care about people. To be excited about everything that comes close to you. I love to read. And I love to write, mostly.

  

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• Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.

  

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• I say I have Spanish in me, but I'm not just Spanish. I'm proud of my ethnicities, and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.

  

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• Good argument is intended to persuade another.

  

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• That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.

  

  Dan Quinn
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• In my books, there is no 'ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan' syndrome because if you look at the Hansel and Gretel syndrome, it was a mistake. It wasn't a duckling, it was a cygnet, and that's why it turned into a swan. The duckling should with any luck turn into a nice clucking duck and get on with its life. Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!

  

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• I think the biggest part of a good party is the host and then going around making sure nobody's left alone and knows enough about the people in the room to know who to introduce to whom.

  

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• Some day, I'd like to be known as the queen of containerboards.

  

  Zhang Yin
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• In my own life, I've seen myself ramping up the amount of text I consume digitally. For me, it's the weight and inconvenience issue – I want anything that will spare me having to carry around reams of paper.

  

  Patrick Nielsen Hayden
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• Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.

  

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• My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.

  

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• I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.

  

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• When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.

  

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• I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing.

  

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• There is precious little hope to be got out of whatever keeps us industrious, but there is a chance for us whenever we cease work and become stargazers.

  

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• For most people, honesty is such an unusual departure from their standard modus operandi - such an abherration in their workaday mendacity - that they feel obliged to alert you when a moment of sincerity is coming on.

  

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• For a man who is lost, the three greatest dangers in order of importance, are Fear, Cold, and Hunger. He may endure extreme hunger for a week, and extreme cold for a day, but extreme fear may undo him an hour. There is no way of guarding against this greatest danger except by assuring him that he is fortified against the other two.

  

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• Don't let Ted Turner deface my movie with his crayons.

  

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• To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith of a heretic.

  

  Walter Kaufmann
  • Faith
  • Fashion
  • Suffering