Norbert Elias Quotes

The heart of assimilation process of absorbing minorities lies in the self-image of a nation. There are, as you will know, big differences for instance between the self-image of the French and the English. And the Germans, in accordance with their rather chequered history, had at least in the past very little capacity for absorbing minorities.

Norbert Elias

• Nation
• Capacity
• Minorities
• Self Image

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• If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Moral
  • Rich
  • Instincts

• I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.

  

  Kara Lindsay
  • Business
  • Pretty
  • Dream

• Because of my tremendous respect for Bob Barker and for the show's high standards of professionalism I consider this a tremendous honor that few announcers have ever been treated to. Both Rod's and Johnny's shoes are huge; I can't think about filling them.

  

  Randy West
  • High
  • Respect
  • Honor

• The best decision I ever made, period, was to get into the music business.

  

  Ja Rule
  • Music
  • Business
  • Best

• If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Music
  • Listen
  • Holiday

• My duty to the army and to the republic whose battles we were waging forbade me assuming a position of seeming hostility to any portion of the brave men under my command.

  

  Zachary Taylor
  • Men
  • Me
  • Army

• In any genre you're working in, you can always find a way to tell a particular kind of story. I love fantasy; I love science fiction. I love all kinds of fiction, in fact.

  

  Garth Nix
  • Science
  • Story
  • Working

• In World War II, the book you have in front of you, it was said and it is probably true, that there was not a single American who did not know the name of somebody serving in uniform.

  

  Oliver North
  • World
  • Book
  • American

• We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Society
  • Risk
  • Pay

• If there is one thing I object to, its actors talking about how tough their jobs are.

  

  Kevin Spacey
  • Actors
  • Jobs
  • Talking

• I never took it upon myself to change the world. And those contemporaries of mine who were going around falling for the idea that they were going to bring down the United States government and make a new world were just asses to me.

  

  Walker Evans
  • World
  • Change
  • Idea

• This is a second chance for me, ... There's not much more you can ask for than that.

  

  Keith Olbermann
  • Chance

• As a final crash of self-indulgent nonsense, when the incontrovertible truth of your panoramic and murderous deceit has even begun to cost your political party seemingly perpetual congressional seats....When somebody asks you, sir, about the cooked books and faked threats you foisted on a sincere and frightened nation; when somebody asks you, sir, about your gallant, noble, self-abnegating sacrifice of your golf game so as to soothe the families of the war dead; this advice, Mr. Bush: Shut the hell up! Good night and good luck.

  

  Keith Olbermann
  • Up
  • Good
  • Truth

• It seems pointless to be quoted if one isn't going to be quotable ... it's better to be quotable than honest.

  

  Tom Stoppard
  • Honest
  • Seems
  • Pointless

• The True Seeker must, before all else, cleanse his heart.

  

  Bahá'u'lláh
  • Heart
  • True

• Actors tend to get in their own way, a lot. A lot of times you will do things that will screw up your audition process. I was very bad at auditioning, and I always went in to it saying ‘God I hope I don’t screw this up.’ But at the same time, the directors are saying, ‘God, I hope this person is the savior.’ You have to remember is that the worst thing that could happen is you don’t get the job you don’t already have.

  

  George Clooney
  • Remember
  • Actors
  • Worst

• It may be a weed instead of a fish that, after all my labour, I at last pull up.

  

  Michael Faraday
  • Fish
  • Weed
  • Instead

• You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it's getting raised regardless.

  

  Seth Godin
  • Regardless
  • Raise
  • Bar

• When things were bad, time had a habit of taking its time to pass, making sure you experienced every painful moment. When things were good and contentment abundant, time moved like the wind, hurrying precious moments along and forcing things that normally require nurturing to grow and forge quickly.

  

  Bernice L. McFadden
  • Wind
  • Habit
  • Experienced

• I've been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog.

  

  Wendy Liebman
  • Free
  • Dog
  • Dating

• I worked hard to get stronger and better, and I'm really happy and satisfied.

  

  Nino Schurter
  • Stronger
  • Satisfied
  • Worked

• Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.

  

  George W. Bush
  • Faith
  • Nation
  • Border

• The heart of assimilation process of absorbing minorities lies in the self-image of a nation. There are, as you will know, big differences for instance between the self-image of the French and the English. And the Germans, in accordance with their rather chequered history, had at least in the past very little capacity for absorbing minorities.

  

  Norbert Elias
  • Nation
  • Capacity
  • Minorities