Georg Simmel Quotes
The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life.Georg Simmel
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
Adam Baldwin -
The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
Rafael Palmeiro -
When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
I think people are able to relate to my appearance. They think of me as the girl next door.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu -
I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
Abby Wambach -
It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
Natalia Makarova
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
Harold Warner -
Tonight Illinois has set a tone for the nation, that we won't stand idle hoping that our economy improves. This is a brand new day for the Illinois Republican Party.
Adam Kinzinger -
I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
Fernando Botero -
I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
Jackson Pollock -
I loved the idea of somebody literally fighting for love.
Edgar Wright -
America is another name for opportunity.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
Bebe Rexha -
Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I don't really see any barrier between teenage fiction and adult literature.
Mal Peet -
If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.
Patricia Highsmith -
A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
Hans Haacke -
I've been training quite hard.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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I have spent a lot of time listening to people who are serving life sentences and getting to know them and the circumstances of their lives. I have never met anyone serving a long prison sentence who had anything close to what I could call a childhood; instead, the upbringings always - always - involve extreme situations of poverty and abuse.
Rachel Kushner -
Everything I do in life is framed through the view of a businessman. That's my instinct. If I go into a pharmacy to buy shaving cream, then I'm going to look for the best deal on shaving cream.
Donald Trump -
If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now.
Lauren Graham -
I am inspired by human sexuality. The act itself is mechanical and holds little interest to me.
Jerzy Kosinski -
I get into the studio and I try to make visible what's in the choreographer's mind. Sometimes a choreographer wants you to have an idea, and sometimes you are the idea.
Angel Corella -
The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life.
Georg Simmel