Hannah Arendt Quotes
The presence of others who see what we see and hear what we hear assures us of the reality of the world and ourselves.
Quotes to Explore
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There is no must in art because art is free.
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In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
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'The Waltons' was profoundly important after years of wandering around. I was 44 and cut off from family and friends. It nurtured me back to a sense of family and who I am. It was a transforming experience.
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After watching me in a larger-than-life character in 'Magadheera,' the audiences didn't accept me as a college–going boy in 'Orange.'
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After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
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The TiVo is really an amazing machine. Like everyone who has one, I totally recommend it. Just as everyone who's married will tell you to get married, and everyone who has a baby tells you to have a baby, everyone who owns a TiVo will tell you to get a TiVo, and they'll say things like 'Your life will be completely different.' It's true.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams.
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I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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I had all these tapes in my closet that I had shot years ago with my friend Jean-Michel Basquiat. I was working on a film about him when he died, and then I just put everything away. It was too sad.
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All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
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Luck is going to play a huge part in your life.
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Shows have been sold out. It's overwhelming, you know. I had no idea what to expect with this new sound and everything and just to see so many people just come out and embrace it, it's overwhelming.
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A school morning is usually a pretty hectic time in any household.
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I see my life flashing before me when I see people in the audience singing along to something I wrote in the '80s, and they're maybe standing next to someone who knows the more recent stuff.
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The human being taken in his profound reality as well as in his great tension of becoming is a divided being, a being which divides again, having permitted himself the illusion of unity for barely an instant. He divides and then reunites.
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You went to Woodstock and all that trash, your generation is fading fast.
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The presence of others who see what we see and hear what we hear assures us of the reality of the world and ourselves.
