Eric Voegelin Quotes
The problem of an eidos in history, hence, arises only when a Christian transcendental fulfillment becomes immanentized. Such an immanentist hypostasis of the eschaton, however, is a theoretical fallacy.
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We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.
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It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
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Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
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There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.
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When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it.
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There are always two forces warring against each other within us.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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It's obvious that I come down on the side of free speech for anybody's work.
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I want people to tell me the truth.
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I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.
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I don't feel that normal anymore because I get recognised, even when I'm just trying to have fun or going to get ice cream with my friends.
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I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.
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I like 'The Usual Suspects'. Great film. I also like 'Scarface', films like that. Lots of gangster films. I really like watching all kinds of films, dramas, romance. I'll watch comedies. I like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Denzel Washington, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle. I'd like to meet them.
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You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.
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And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.
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There are some people who have had no pay rises for a very long time, and, working in highly skilled and highly responsible roles and in the health services and education, they deserve to be properly remunerated.
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I am lucky, that is all. Lucky because there are a lot of people - producers, directors, people who buy tickets - who put confidence in me.
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For the rest of history, all over the world, people will be trying to save this same dead woman. This woman who just wanted to die.
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What happens when you let an unsatisfactory present go on long enough? It becomes your entire history.
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The problem of an eidos in history, hence, arises only when a Christian transcendental fulfillment becomes immanentized. Such an immanentist hypostasis of the eschaton, however, is a theoretical fallacy.
