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.Walter Benjamin
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.
Adam Mansbach -
Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
J. Cole -
There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
Jack Nicholson -
I don't know how people recognize me.
Laura Prepon -
Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
Gale Norton -
As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
Gavin Newsom
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It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.
Ira Sachs -
Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
Gary Cherone Van Halen -
I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
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.
J. M. Coetzee -
I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
Samantha Bond -
I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.
Rachel Cohn
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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.
H. P. Lovecraft -
So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
Vince McMahon -
I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
Damian Lewis -
I like to hike with my dog, Webster. It helps clear my mind.
Calista Flockhart -
I've always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.
Ted Lange -
I skate all the time, but it's silly for me to do contests when MTV is giving me a boatload of money.
Bam Margera
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I think the most important thing journalism taught me is to mine for details. The details are key. You can't try to be funny or strange or poignant; you have to let the details be funny or strange or poignant for you.
Karen Abbott -
I tend to be more of a novel writer. In fact, some of my novels started out as short stories, and I just got carried away! I think some of my best writing is in the short story form, but novels come more naturally to me.
Bruce Coville -
Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
Malcolm Turnbull -
Real war was the thousands of Chinese refugees dying of cholera in the sealed stockades at Pootung, and the bloody heads of Communist soldiers mounted on pikes along the Bund. In a real war no one knew which side he was on, and there were no flags or commentators or winners. In a real war there were no enemies.
J. G. Ballard -
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.
Walter Benjamin