Walter Benjamin Quotes
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The Prophet Muhammad himself sought to erase any distinctions between the message he taught and that taught by Jesus, who he called God's 'spirit and word.'
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We would betray Mexicans' hopes for change if we felt satisfied with what we've accomplished so far.
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Good sports facilities are a blessing.
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Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.
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Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake.
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All the body wants to do biologically is decompose. Once you die, it's, 'Let me out here! I'm ready to shoot my atoms back into the universe!'
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Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.'
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Michael Lewis has the amazing ability to take complex formulas and concepts and turn them into page-turners.
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To understand how Republicans lost the African American vote, we must first understand how we won the African American vote.
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There is no empirical evidence to suggest that ageing in humans has been modified by any means, nor is there evidence that it is even possible to measure biological age. And nothing has been demonstrated to be true when it comes to anti-ageing medicines.
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We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.
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It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
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Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case.
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I'm excited about 'Luke Cage' with Michael Colter, who plays Luke Cage. I play the villain, Cottonmouth. It takes place in Harlem. It'll just be amazing for people to get to see an African-American superhero, which there weren't any when I was growing up.
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I'm happy to just sit in a cafe and watch people. It's my favorite thing to do, for sure.
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I am not taking anything for granted.
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If public opinion still endorses military action that's one thing, but if they wait maybe it will not. So it's not only impatience, but there are several other factors.
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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
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Do you ever rub your eyes and suddenly find you're awake and not asleep, as you'd grown to suspect you were?
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The idea that there is one kind of African is, of course, ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you are saying public health is the priority, not roads. Of course they are right to press for that issue, but so are we right, I believe, to argue, for example, that millions of children could and should be vaccinated.
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Our society is not one of spectacle but of surveillance.
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If you can't take a small loss, sooner or later you will take the mother of all losses.
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Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.
