Karl Jaspers Quotes
No one is guiltless...But no one is beyond the pale of human existence, provided he pays for his guilt.
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I completely get the drag thing.
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I figure this current era of history is the one with the best chance of quality of life for a black, female, disabled, middle-aged, queer person who's most comfortable not fitting in. The odds still aren't great, mind you. But I'll take my chances with the 21st century.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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I run a solid 4-6 miles at a time, and over the last year two years I've gotten really into SoulCycle. It's sort of an evolved form of spinning.
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You see people in Hollywood trying to make blockbuster after blockbuster, but it's not possible. There's some god up there saying, 'You will fail now.' But I suppose that's true of us all.
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I do everything in a straightforward manner.
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As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.
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Small paintings can be fantastic. But you can't often get a narrative out of a small painting. In any case, museums are huge places, and you want to take up some space.
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I always miss my mom. Mother's Day would be just one more day I'd feel her absence but for the relentless commercialization. Thanks to that, this day is even harder to deal with.
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My wife Martha used to call me Ol' Lemon Face because of my facial contortions when I play Lucille. I squeeze my eyes and open my mouth, raise my eyebrows, cock my head and God knows what else. I look like I'm in torture, when in truth, I'm in ecstasy. I don't do it for show. Every fiber of my being is tingling.
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A man really determines himself by what he does.
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I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.
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Journalism is what we need to make democracy work.
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If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.
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The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful.
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I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him. It was his face. It was whether or not he'd approve of my playing.
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Control your own destiny or someone else will.
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Attention is what creates value. Artworks are made as well by how people interact with them - and therefore by what quality of interaction they can inspire.
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How many times can our emotions be tied to someone else's - be pulled and stretched and twisted - before they snap? Before they can never be mended again?
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In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.
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I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record.
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No one is guiltless...But no one is beyond the pale of human existence, provided he pays for his guilt.
