Karl Kraus Quotes
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No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.
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I am tone deaf.
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I was 47 when I got pregnant. I'd been trying for a couple of years and thought it would never happen.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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I know all the critics.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.
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One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.
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As a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-death experiences.
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I think as a guy you need a little bit to be on your own from early on, to start to live your own life, and try to understand what is going on around you, you have to be able to survive.
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I wanted to stay on a career path of the likes of Natalie Portman. I didn't want to be pigeonholed into a certain genre. I sort of believe that slow and steady wins the race.
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I think it's cool people love to hate me.
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.
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No history can be a faithful mirror. If it were, it would be as long and as dull as life itself. It must be a selection, and, being a selection, must inevitably be biased.
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I work extremely hard to stay positive and happy. But I get sad and anxious, too, just like everyone.
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When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
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Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's Sun to thee may never rise; Or should to-morrow chance to cheer thy sight With her enlivening and unlook'd for light, How grateful will appear her dawning rays! As favours unexpected doubly please.
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When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness.
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'Vogue' is a bigger name than my name.
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I hate movies that tell people what to think. I'm proud that Democrats thought 'Thank You For Smoking' was their film and Republicans thought it was theirs. I'm proud that pro-choice people thought 'Juno' was their film and pro-life people thought it was theirs.
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The Bible is the sceptre by which the Heavenly King rules His Church.
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The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.
