Eric Voegelin Quotes
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The biggest misconception people have about me is that when they see how young I am, they think, 'Oh, this guy must have always wanted to be in politics; his parents must have been politically connected.' I'm a finance major and always intended to go into business.
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Red carpets and dressing up are a part of work that I enjoy less than some people.
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My little siblings keep me grounded. I'm a kid at heart.
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For me, it's a matter of balance. Living inside your head and experiencing real things - both are important.
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Nicole will come up in conversations where it's in a part of the conversation. Or we may be somewhere and I would tell some story about their mother and I. You know, we always honor her birthday.
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There's the job and then there's my family. There's very little time beyond that for friends.
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Going into my second film as a director, it's night and day of what it was like going into my first film. It doesn't matter what you know in your head and what you've been taught until you're there and doing it; it's a whole new ball game.
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I think there's something beautifully old fashioned about waiting all week then sitting down and watching something on television together. I'm generation box set, accustomed to binging on multiple episodes at a time, which is fun but quite a solitary pursuit because you do it alone.
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Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only the works of a single composer, so that the audience could be gradually drawn into a particular creative genius' way of thinking, and could follow him.
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The main thing is, I can't stay up late partying when I'm on tour. That's not good for my voice or my health in general.
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I like the way remixes sound. Some of them are really creative.
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Faulkner was the first novelist I read with pen and paper in hand because his technique stunned me.
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I think if you have a really big, heavy person, there's a feeling of an invisible puppeteer jerking them around in space. They don't feel like they are moving themselves.
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We all make mistakes but one has to move on.
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To make an omelette, you need not only those broken eggs but someone 'oppressed' to beat them: every revolutionist is presumed to understand that, and also every woman, which either does or does not make 51 percent of the population of the United States a potentially revolutionary class.
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I won't say no to projects I believe in if there's a good story there.
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When people say the U.N. is useless, I ask the question, which U.N. are we talking about? We have the U.N. that is a secretariat led by the secretary general, and we have a U.N. made up of member states who give us our mandate.
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I always wanted to be a futbol player, but I was never good enough.
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Ruins provide the incentive for restoration, and for a return to origins. There has to be an interim of death or rejection before there can be renewal and reform.
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These two rules make the best system: first, have something to say; second, say it.
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Even if you set a long-term goal, that doesn't mean it's a straight-line journey. Often, there are problems and obstacles along the way.
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The most valuable "currency" of any organization is the initiative and creativity of its members. Every leader has the solemn moral responsibility to develop these to the maximum in all his people. This is the leader's highest priority.
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My wife and I ran through 'Justified' in, like, a day. And that is such a funny, amazing show.
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Don't immanentize the eschaton!
