Walter Benjamin Quotes
A curious paradox: people have only the narrowest private interest in mind when they act, yet they are at the same time more than ever determined in their behavior by the instincts of the mass. ... The diversity of individual goals is immaterial in face of the identity of the determining forces.
Quotes to Explore
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Graffiti has an interesting relationship to the broader world of hip-hop: It's part of the culture, but also in a weird way a stepchild of the culture.
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Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.
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All through my life, I was hated on. When I was in middle school, they used to write in my rhyme book, 'You suck' or 'This sucks.'
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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'LazyTown' is on a mission to move the world to be a healthier place. When we get kids moving, we get their families moving. And when families move, we are one step closer to moving the world. Move the body, move the mind, every day.
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If you're writing fantasy or science fiction, it's really hard to do if you don't know a lot, at least in a basic way, about how the real world works.
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In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.
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Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his mind. It can frighten or cajole him away from evil more effectively than could reason.
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My parents are Dominican. I would always go to the Dominican Republic, and I fell in love with Bachata, which comes from the Dominican Republic.
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First, this isn't about telecommuting, because we still have offices that people will come to regularly when they need to brainstorm together, meet with clients, or do research in the library.
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Whether elected or appointedHe considers himself the Lord's annointed,And indeed the ointment lingers on himSo thick you can't get your fingers on him.
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A curious paradox: people have only the narrowest private interest in mind when they act, yet they are at the same time more than ever determined in their behavior by the instincts of the mass. ... The diversity of individual goals is immaterial in face of the identity of the determining forces.
