Hans-Georg Gadamer Quotes
It was clear to me that the forms of consciousness of our inherited and acquired historical education – aesthetic consciousness and historical consciousness – presented alienated forms of our true historical being.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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The world is too violent right now.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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Working with Angela Bassett is by far the best. I've watched and admired her for years. I'm very intrigued by her work. She's so cool. I still call her 'Mom' when I see her.
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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'Really,' thought I, 'we call Baltimore the 'Monumental City' for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!'
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I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.
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Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
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I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
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Oh I've done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I'm a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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There's always hurdles. So I just keep moving, just constantly redefining myself. That's how you stay in the race.
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When humans become gods, when our wings grow so great as to beat about the very edges of the earth, no one can answer but us.
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There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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Most fathers don't see the war within the daughter, her struggles with conflicting images of the idealized and flawed father, her temptation both to retreat to Daddy's lap and protection and to push out of his embrace to that of beau and the world beyond home.
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When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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I don't really think about what's 'age appropriate' for my audience because I think they can handle quite a bit, but I do try to think about what's honest and true to my characters who have grown up in situations where they've been taught to handle these things very carefully and that they're very powerful.
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My education was very tough.
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Our pop cultural likes and dislikes are still very segregated, and that is not true of 'Billy on the Street.'
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It was clear to me that the forms of consciousness of our inherited and acquired historical education – aesthetic consciousness and historical consciousness – presented alienated forms of our true historical being.
