Hannah Arendt Quotes
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing.
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Accept loss forever.
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It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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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.
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There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
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I own a guitar, a piano, a bass.
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I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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Appeal to all scholars of stupidity in the world. Come to Italy, this country has the highest rate of morons of the universe, especially among political, bureaucratic, judicial, religious, intellectual, artistic, and mass media members, so it is the best place to develop your own field research.
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I guess because people are more aware of who I am, they're going to wonder about my personal life.
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When you think of things like medicine, people who have lost limbs now have a chance to have a limb replaced that is connected to the brain that they can actually control with their mind. That's amazing.
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One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people's throats - and one always secretes too much jelly.
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Under conditions of terror, most people will comply but some people will not.
