Walter Benjamin Quotes
The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions.
Quotes to Explore
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About the most exciting thing a baby can do is burp - I've spent hours of my life holding a baby on my shoulder and patting its back, trying to loosen up a burp. Burping was probably invented to give the father something positive to do, since our chests are not equipped to allow us to do much else.
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The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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I want to love life.
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We're really going after truly creating sustainability of a disease-free state, creating a complete system for managing cancer patients for life, so that you can manage from onset of disease all the way through.
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It's a hard thing to imagine how somebody copes with grief and at the same time has to build a new life.
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The great aim of your life should be to keep your powers up to the highest possible standard, to so conserve your energies, guard your health, that you can make every occasion a great occasion.
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I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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Unbeing dead isn't being alive.
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Lenin, the greatest theorist of them all, did not know what he was going to do after he had got the power.
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I've never really lived a conventional life, so I think it's quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that I am going to start making conventional choices.
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When I was a kid, the miracles of my life were the Resurrection, a candlelight service on New Year's Eve, the Virgin Birth, and the Three Wise Men.
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The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for.
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When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because they are frightened.
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Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity.
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Even if you're happy with the life you've chosen, you're still curious about the other options.
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I love spending time with my friends and family. The simplest things in life give me the most pleasure: cooking a good meal, enjoying my friends.
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I had done this all by myself. No one had performed the magic for me. I and the shapes were alone together, revealing themselves in a silently respectful dialogue. Since I could bare lines into living reality, I was all powerful. I could read.
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I'm a really nostalgic person. I love taking photos and video and having memories. I remember all my childhood videos that my dad used to take. I think that's really what life is about - especially when you start a family of your own.
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The only reason the Protestants and Catholics have given up the idea of universal domination is because they've realised they can't get away with it.
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She's leaving a legacy that's living beyond even her wildest dreams in the '60s. She wanted to change the world, and she did.
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The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions.
