Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first.
Quotes to Explore
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There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind.
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I want to go down in history.
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The same way one tells a recipe, one tells a family history. Each one of us has our past locked inside.
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History laughs at both the victim and the aggressor.
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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If philosophy is practice, a demand to know the manner in which its history is to be studied is entailed: a theoretical attitude toward it becomes real only in the living appropriation of its contents from the texts.
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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The Grimm collections were never intended for children. Not because kids were excluded, but because the division we make today of children's literature didn't exist then. The idea of protecting children from tales with violence didn't occur until the earlier part of the 19th century.
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The biggest battles in human history can only ever be seen through the eyes of the bloke on the front line, and that's by definition a very focused view and one that will vary from individual to individual.
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If history judges society for how it treats those in need, so markets judge economies by the incentives they provide for private investment, the infrastructure that supports growth, and the burdens placed on job creation.
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I never hated hip-hop. It became the new rock and roll. It became the biggest thing that Africans have ever done in the history of the Americas. Hip-hop put more black Americans on than anything before it. It fed more people. It allowed them to diversify into clothing lines and billion-dollar headphone companies.
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This is the harsh truth about us: not only do Filipinos ignore books, literature - we do not understand how important the arts are - not just to those of us who work at it, but to the nation as a whole.
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Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.
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In New York, I get people coming up to me because 'The History Boys' was such a hit on Broadway, and they show the film all the time on cable over there, so people recognise you.
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It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
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I have one of the worst voices in the history of recorded time.
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I would also argue... that we are, by inclination and in terms of our history, we are small 'l' liberals, we Canadians.
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History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.
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For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they've never been self-executing. That while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by his people here on earth.
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I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.
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Some think I have lost that poetical ardour and fire 'tis said I once had- the fact is, perhaps I have; but, instead of that, I hope I shall substitute a more thoughtful and quiet power.
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There had been talk about me getting involved with the new team in Houston. I don't know if it's something that will become a realization, but it would be something that I would love to do.
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The hypocrite takes good advice as an insult.
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The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first.
