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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The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
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Everything that anyone would ever look for is usually where they find it.
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We were like confirmed opium-eaters: in our moments of reason we well knew the deadly nature of our pursuit, but we certainly were not prepared to abandon its terrible delights.
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Just as it had taken centuries to determine the true nature of the universe, so also the search for the beginning of human life proceeded well into the 20th century.
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The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.
