Walter Benjamin Quotes
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It would be wrong to assume that one must stay with a research programme until it has exhausted all its heuristic power, that one must not introduce a rival programme before everybody agrees that the point of degeneration has probably been reached.
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My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
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When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.
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I'm 43 now. I've reached the point where I really can't care what anyone thinks. Of course, I do. I'm an actress. I'm totally insecure, but I'm trying to stick to my guns about what is important to me, and it doesn't matter what anyone thinks I should or shouldn't do.
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Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.
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The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
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For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream.
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I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on.
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I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.
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We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
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The defection of Hussein Kamel was a turning point in the U.N.-imposed disarmament of Iraq in the 1990s.
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There isn't much room for an outsider point of view in print any more.
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It's one of the functions of the theater to shock and titillate and appall, apart from entertain and delight.
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We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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I was an independent developer and started Junction Point in January of 2005.
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I'm almost numb to misogyny at this point. It's just everywhere.
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StyleHaul will allow me more opportunities to express my point of view in the lifestyle and fashion space.
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Our shock that reality is other than expected is weirdly tenacious.
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I'm a great believer in chaos. I don't believe that you start with a formula and then you fulfill the formula. Chaos is a much better instigator, because we live in chaos - we don't live in a rigorous form.
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That you should choose your battles wisely. You cannot fight everything and win. Sometimes the price of losing is beyond what you can afford to pay, but that applies to winning as well.
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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.
