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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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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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'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.
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Whoever says that sanctions will only deteriorate the situations of blacks in South Africa does not know the criminal, murderous character of genocide that represents the system of apartheid.
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I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.
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If we all band together against extremism and spend a few minutes a day using tools that have been proven to work, we can make a big difference in defending those values we share as Americans.
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It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.
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Until part of your paycheck is regularly paid in Bitcoin, I'm not sure how it would really go mainstream. I can imagine places in the world where there are not functioning banking systems or payroll systems, where it could go mainstream first because you're not trying to replace the way people are already doing something.
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The great thing in life is efficiency. If you amount to anything in the world, your time is valuable, your energy precious. They are your success capital, and you cannot afford to heedlessly throw them away or trifle with them.
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When my writing career took off, it was pretty easy to keep my ego in check because old-school martial arts isn't about ego gratification. It's about maintaining a balanced view of the world and your place in it.
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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.
