Egon Friedell Quotes
Artists of all sorts remain youthful for so long, and in many cases attain a grand old age. The explanation is that they live in an almost permanent condition of stimulation and excitement.
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
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From the ashes of a financial crash, there is a chance to create a new economic settlement that is more equal, sustainable and democratic.
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My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'
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Islam has shown two faces to the Jews, one benevolent, one less so.
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Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly, as apologists for Palestinian 'terrorism.'
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.
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I'm a big Johnny Cash girl. And I love singers like Laura Marling and Joanna Newsom.
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I'm a dirt road out in the country kind of person, but I remember thinking, I could live in Chicago.
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It's embarrassing to be involved in the same business as the mainstream comic thing. It's still very embarrassing to tell other adults that I draw comic books - their instant, preconceived notions of what that means.
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Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.
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I bat righty.
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'Twin Peaks' without David Lynch is like a dog without a bark.
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We want to challenge the established ideas with new ideas.
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Wow. Good heavens. I'm getting drenched just looking at these pictures. The water is whipping my body.
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That's right," said Luna encouragingly, as if they were back in the Room of Requirement and this was simply spell practice for the D.A. "That's right, Harry... come on, think of something happy..." "Something happy?" he said, his voice cracked. "We're all still here," she whispered, "We're still fighting. Come on, now.
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The pride of learning is against the dependent humility of prayer.
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If the models are as flawed as critics say you have to ask yourself, 'How come they work?'
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The absence of suffocating humidity and carnivorous plants was appreciated.
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One of the principle qualities of pain is that it demands an explanation.
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Drag artists are more men than real men. You need a lot of courage, personality, and guts to go out there. Even if you look good or you look bad, you still need to have all of those things to be on stage. You're going to get criticized by everyone.
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Artists of all sorts remain youthful for so long, and in many cases attain a grand old age. The explanation is that they live in an almost permanent condition of stimulation and excitement.
