Hannah Arendt Quotes
Manipulations of opinion, insofar as they are inspired by well-defined interests, have limited goals; their effect, however, if they happen to touch upon an issue of authentic concern, is no longer subject to their control and may easily produce consequences they never foresaw or intended.
Quotes to Explore
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A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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I've started working on a new album, I'm writing a new book... there are a lot of good things on the horizon.
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What's so fun when you shoot in a car is you get to research all the other road movies that have ever been done, and you try to figure out where do they place the cameras and how many shots can you get with your people in the car. So just doing the research on the films is so fun.
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'The Lion' all began with a picture of a faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself, 'Let's try to make a story about it.'
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In the 1960s, and stretching back to the 1930s, it was felt by many economists that easy money is a reliable way to increase employment.
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'Harry Potter' really harnessed the imagination of so many young-adult minds, and it's the same with the 'Divergent' series.
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The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
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Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become.
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The more people learn about the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the worse it looks.
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The truth is I love musical theater and always have.
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Art comes from a visceral need and is usually generated by something I have seen; writing comes from something that happens in my head and my heart.
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It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.
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I grew up loving musicals. My mom had records of original cast recordings, and one of them was 'She Loves Me.' I wore that thing out singing along to Barbara Cook when I was eight years old.
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In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments.
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The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
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I think Sydney has so much natural beauty; it's just a beautiful city.
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All training does is get us back what we lost when we stopped having to hunt down our food. Our bodies are built for it already.
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Concerning the blunders which had been made in our foreign policy public opinion is, as a rule, first enlightened when it is in a position to look back upon the history of a generation, and the Achivi qui plectuntur are not always immediately contemporary with the mistaken actions.'
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The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.
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I was France.
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Manipulations of opinion, insofar as they are inspired by well-defined interests, have limited goals; their effect, however, if they happen to touch upon an issue of authentic concern, is no longer subject to their control and may easily produce consequences they never foresaw or intended.
