Arno Gruen Quotes
...a distorted development of autonomy is the root cause of the pathological and, ultimately, evil element in human beings.
Quotes to Explore
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Oh I've done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I'm a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.
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We've been blessed with four beautiful children. Michael, he doesn't have much of a problem anymore. He is high functional, probably because of early intervention.
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It's a blessing to have fans acknowledging your craft, period.
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Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
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You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os.
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St. Louis sprawls where mighty rivers meet - as broad as Philadelphia, but three stories high instead of two, with wider streets and dirtier atmosphere, over the dull-brown of wide, calm rivers. The city overflows into the valleys of Illinois and lies there, writhing under its grimy cloud.
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People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.
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Any perjury case is a tough case. You just don't go on 'he said-she said.' You have to find corroborating evidence.
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As I read more and I got into philosophy and met a lot of friends who weren't Christians, it became difficult for me to sustain the belief structure in the supernatural.
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That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.
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In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have been published in the west, including the latest one, Beijing Coma, about a student shot in Tiananmen Square, but so far have allowed me to return.
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Being married to a footballer is some girls' dream, but it isn't always like that. I work.
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I'm not a critic. I'm an actor. I see the role I get given on the page. I try to bring it to life as best as I can.
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The more you know, the less you are impressed by Foucault.
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The image of the sun where it falls appears as a thing which covers the person who attempts to cover it.
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I am strongly drawn to the simple life and am often oppressed by the feeling that I am engrossing an unnecessary amount of the labour of my fellow-men. I regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force. I also consider that plain living is good for everybody, physically and mentally.
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Knowledge is power.
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I grew up, like most people in my generation, watching John Travolta. I was thrilled to meet him.
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I'm a fairy. I'd come and hear, "How was your day, honey?" And I'd be like, "I was a fairy. I don't know."
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And to turn it into rap wasn't too difficult besides just rhymin' the last words of each line.
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I think back to some of the things Harry said and some of the things I said trying to be funny. If I said them now, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country.
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In the eight years since his father’s death, Patrick’s youth had slipped away without being replaced by any signs of maturity, unless the tendency for sadness and exhaustion to eclipse hatred and insanity could be called ‘mature’.
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The English are very proud of their Parliament, and week in, week out, century after century, they have pretty good cause to be.
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...a distorted development of autonomy is the root cause of the pathological and, ultimately, evil element in human beings.
