Hannah Arendt Quotes
Generally speaking, violence always arises out of impotence. It is the hope of those who have no power.
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I know one man who was impotent who gave AIDS to his wife and the only thing they did was kiss.
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I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
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In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
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It's hard to look inside a person to answer a question about why anybody wants to be president. I suppose a combination of ambition, ego, and a real feeling that he could make a difference and could accomplish some things. All you ever had to do for Jimmy Carter was to tell him something was impossible, and he would usually do it.
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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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It's no easy task to either make money online as a publisher or to advertise your product in a world where attention is so fleeting and divided.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.
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We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future.
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It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.
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I remember 'Def Comedy Jam' being a big deal and kids talking about it in school, but it was never, 'I want to do that.'
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No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
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As they marched, the crowds lining the route broke into applause, a sweet and deeply felt spontaneous pattering that was a sort of communal embrace. Welcome home.
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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.
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The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
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I was born free.
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An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before.
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Read properly, fewer books than a hundred would suffice for a liberal education. Read superficially, the British Museum Library might still leave the student a barbarian.
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I don't like to Google myself. I try and avoid it whenever I can.
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Leadership of the Liberal Party is a great honour, of which I remain profoundly conscious. It is, moreover, the unique gift of the party room.
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When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence.
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Generally speaking, violence always arises out of impotence. It is the hope of those who have no power.
