Hannah Arendt Quotes
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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.
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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.
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There are no rebels in the cinema business.
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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.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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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.
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There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.
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I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.
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You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
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I'm not a party guy. I don't carouse very much.
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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.
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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.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
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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?
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality.
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If you speak to anyone who's ever done time, the fact that you make it out of there alive is a miracle.
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I went through that phase where I wanted to almost be different than my brother. Just kind of argued a little louder or if there was a curfew, I always came in a little later than I was supposed to. If it was set for 12, I would come in at 12:45. I would test the limits a little. There was no real reason and I grew out of it, eventually.
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All perishable is but an allegory.
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We have a responsibility to ensure the Palestinian Authority is abiding by U.S. law with total transparency.
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Basquiat will continue to show us new things about who we are and why he was so important.
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These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.
