Hannah Arendt Quotes

These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.

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• It's all about destiny. That's why people look at the zodiac or the I Ching - because there's a certain order to life, and that order has been lived since the beginning of time. No matter what you do, you're going to live inside of it.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • People
  • Help
  • Opportunity

• There are no rebels in the cinema business.

  

  Beatrice Dalle
  • Business
  • Cinema
  • Rebels

• So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.

  

  Malcolm Wallop
  • War
  • House
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• I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.

  

  Vicky Hartzler
  • Think
  • Political
  • Party

• I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.

  

  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
  • Believe
  • America
  • City

• There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.

  

  Aaron Swartz
  • People
  • Want
  • Publish

• I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Career
  • Comedy
  • Expand

• You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • You
  • Wealth
  • Going

• I'm not a party guy. I don't carouse very much.

  

  Garry Shandling
  • Guy
  • Party
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• Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.

  

  Larry Hagman
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• The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Believe
  • True
  • Mankind

• Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.

  

  Maggie Smith
  • More
  • Upset
  • Far

• I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.

  

  Imelda May
  • People
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  • Fame

• I think it's just important to be able to keep things to myself and to have these moments that can't be - where I don't put them out and feel like they could be misunderstood, you know?

  

  Tavi Gevinson
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• Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.

  

  R. Buckminster Fuller
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  • Alone
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• Some films shouldn't be remade.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Films
  • Some
  • Remade

• I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Personality
  • Angry
  • Roles

• If you have difficulties making a decision, choose the lesser of the two evils.

  

  Rajneesh
  • You
  • Decision
  • Choose

• I think we are living in paradise with regards to the ways we can amuse ourselves, communicate. We have such a richness of possibilities.

  

  Ian Watson
  • Think
  • Living
  • Paradise

• Sometimes I talk to religious people about my column or what I do, and I ask them to, you know, read 20 or 30 of them and then come tell me that the message at the heart of every column isn't, 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.' In every possible sense.

  

  Dan Savage
  • People
  • Heart
  • Me

• While most philanthropists tend to flock together and build their teams around friends, family, or others who happen to be retired or with a lot of free time on their hands, a great entrepreneur knows that success is directly related to the quality and talents of their team.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Time
  • Great
  • Family

• I think people would be most surprised to know that I love scary movies.

  

  Olivia Holt
  • People
  • Think
  • Know

• These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.

  

  Hannah Arendt
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