Alfred Doblin Quotes
But the main things about a man are his eyes and his feet. He should be able to see the world and go after it.
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The use of slave women as day workers naturally broke up or made impossible the normal Negro home, and this and the slave code led to a development of which the South was really ashamed and which it often denied, and yet perfectly evident: the raising of slaves in the Border slave states for systematic sale on the commercialized cotton plantations.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
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Socialism is practical, in the best sense of the term; a living, vital force of inestimable value to society.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.
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I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.
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'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.
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There are too many senior citizens and good residents in Chicago who are sick and tired of having to walk several blocks out of their way when they leave their homes just to avoid the gangs and drug dealers on the street corner.
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In the United States, man does not feel that he has been torn from the center of creation and suspended between hostile forces. He has built his own world, and it is built in his own image: it is his mirror. But now he cannot recognize himself in his inhuman objects, nor in his fellows.
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I had a lot of fun with my costume designer.
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Florida has its own rhythm, too. People go to work, they watch their children learn and grow and start families of their own. They play in the sun and pass their lives enjoying the outsized blessings that make our state unique.
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The president of the United States is supposed to lead the free world and not follow it. Other nations have been more outspoken. So, I hope that we'll hear more of this because young men and women taking to the streets in Tehran need our support. The signs are in English. They're basically asking for us to speak up on their behalf.
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It's an addictive thing. It's not so much I like to go win, but it's a rush.
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But the main things about a man are his eyes and his feet. He should be able to see the world and go after it.
