Ernst Junger Quotes
We ourselves are the last to notice that we are not making any headway. It is brought to our notice from the outside; former students suddenly emerge as our superiors. As we grow older, the respect we receive diminishes: the disproportion between our age and our position becomes evident, first to other people and finally to ourselves. Then it is time to retreat.
Quotes to Explore
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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
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An ambitious, surreal tale of the love between a young Arab girl sold into marriage and the orphan boy she adopts, 'Habibi' spans multiple eras of conflict and change, stretching the lifetimes of its two protagonists over many centuries.
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The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.
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We imbue deserts and the tundra with menace because nothing, or little, grows there.
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We get a lot of raps as Americans for being small-minded, but in fact, when you really drill down to the core of the culture, there's an enormous amount of compassion and forgiveness and support.
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We allowed ourselves to become particularly interested in research into the appearance of intermediate products of sugar decomposition during cell-free fermentation.
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I think that our cooperative conservation approaches get people to sit down and grapple with problem solving.
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Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste system determined by birth.
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There is no need for neighborhood informants and paper dossiers if the government can see citizens' every Web site visit, e-mail and text message.
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One of the greatest strains in life is the strain of waiting for God.
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Every God-given vision will become real if we will only have patience.
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Ladies like improv stilts, and I think men like improv giant cocks. But one of the great things about improv is that you get to play some roles you'd never get to play otherwise, you know, like the old Italian pizza-maker who's passing on the business down to his son. You get to play it all when you improvise.
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At my age, I don’t need to be a sexy bundle of muscles, thank you very much.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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I would love to have a drink with Meryl Streep or Prince. Those are my top two people I would love to talk to.
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putting the government of Syria on notice that our patience has limits.
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We ourselves are the last to notice that we are not making any headway. It is brought to our notice from the outside; former students suddenly emerge as our superiors. As we grow older, the respect we receive diminishes: the disproportion between our age and our position becomes evident, first to other people and finally to ourselves. Then it is time to retreat.
