Hannah Arendt Quotes
Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.
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Failure is a part of success.
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The young men were born with knives in their brain, a tendency to introversion, self-dissection, anatomizing of motives.
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But search the land of living men,Where wilt thou find their like again?
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Michael Mann's always been one of my heroes.
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I love the sassy skinnies; that's what I usually wear.
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In '86 or '87, the welfare lists were at the lowest level in 17 years. Why? Because the economy was the best it was in 17 years. There were jobs.
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I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.
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Machines can do things cheaper and better. We're very used to that in banking, for example. ATM machines are better than tellers if you want a simple transaction. They're faster, they're less trouble, they're more reliable, so they put tellers out of work.
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Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.
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Everything in the world is actually connected. That means, even if we get separated, we'll never be alone
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A broken heart is such a shabby thing, like poverty and failure and the incurable diseases which are also deforming. I hate it and am ashamed of it, and I must somehow repair this heart and put it back into its normal condition, as a tough somewhat scarred but operating organ.
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Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.
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The way I talk is bizarre.
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One thing that really drew me to him the first time I saw him play was his leadership ability within the team.
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There is nothing permanent except change. [Therefore enjoy what good you have while you have it and endure and outlast what bad you can't cure immediately]
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Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not but exert himself; and if, in his words, he has any excess, he dares not allow himself such license.
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Yet the age was not so utterly destitute of virtues but that it produced some good examples.
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The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings.
