George Steiner Quotes
Women began their inner emancipation by their access to literature, by access to the world through books; an access they could not have socially or politically, or of course economically, in the world at large.
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If Nixon is not forced to turn over tapes of his conversations with the ring of men who were conversing on their violations of the law, then liberty will soon be dead in this nation.
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I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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I'm lucky that I have my family, I'm lucky that my parents are still together. Those are the things that I cherish.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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I run a fast pace on my sets, man. I like the energy of the scene to be the energy on the set. I think it affects the actors, and I think it affects the crew. There's that sensation like you're really shooting it for real, like in a documentary.
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People like to hear me say, 'You love me, Chandler Bing. You just don't know you love me.'
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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I love to eat. If I could eat everything in the world and still be healthy or wouldn't catch a heart attack or stroke, I'd eat everything. I just can't. So I got to watch my health and take care of my family.
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The area we define as what Quora's good at is long-form text that's useful over time, and where you care about who wrote the text. Not that you need to be friends with them, just that they're someone trustworthy.
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The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.
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Honestly, I grew up in pretty modest circumstances. We were a middle-class family.
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Democrats hate Democrats most of all.
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Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.
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The person in New York City is showing too little empathy for the Trump voter. The Trump voter is showing too little empathy for the person who's very worried about the refugee ban. They're not spending enough time with each other to have a meaningful conversation.
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I hope, said the third, that your wanderings in lonely places do not mean that you have any of the romantic virus still in your blood. His name was Mr. Humanist.
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I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater.
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She was looking into my eyes with that way she had of looking that made you wonder whether she really saw out of her own eyes. They would look on and on after every one else's eyes in the world would have stopped looking. She looked as though there were nothing on earth she would not look at like that, and really she was afraid of so many things.
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I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature when it is passionate.
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I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age of 16 have seen many more films than they have read classics of literature. We can't help but be influenced by film. Film has got some great tricks that it's taught writers.
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Women began their inner emancipation by their access to literature, by access to the world through books; an access they could not have socially or politically, or of course economically, in the world at large.
