Eric Voegelin Quotes
The course of history as a whole is no object of experience; history has no eidos, because the course of history extends into the unknown future.
Quotes to Explore
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All those things you hear about networks trying to stifle creativity - CW lets creators create and gives us freedom.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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I never mind talking about my dad. I'm proud of who he is, and being his son is one of the things I'm most proud of. To be constantly compared to someone so brilliant, who happens to be your dad, is cool.
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Seriously, who doesn't want to slap a 27-year-old movie star?
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Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.
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I get into all sorts of trouble with my publicists and with newspapers because I won't do photographs.
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What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.
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Souffles don't deserve their reputation as potential disasters.
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Sometimes you have to understand your place.
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The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.
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I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that.
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I live in Surrey, but up until the age of eight I lived in London. And the way I heard about this 'Peter Pan' film was there was an open-call audition that I'd heard about, or read about, and I just thought, 'Oh, I'll go along for the fun.' Because I never dreamed in a million years I'd ever get it.
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I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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I usually dress very casual. Whenever I go out with my friends, I'm always like, 'Can't I just wear sweatpants?'
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I truly never saw myself doing anything other than music. There was nothing else that brought me this much joy, but also this much frustration.
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Lots are written about how 'she shows up at board meetings in the saree.' My God, I have never worn a saree to board meetings; people play it out in different ways. I think I have never shied away from the fact that I am an Indian, and I don't intend to, but you can be at home with both cultures.
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The purpose of a work of fiction is to appeal to the lingering after-effects in the reader's mind as differing from, say, the purpose of oratory or philosophy which respectively leave people in a fighting or thoughtful mood.
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If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had.
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The course of history as a whole is no object of experience; history has no eidos, because the course of history extends into the unknown future.
