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Small: The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions
"The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions"
Walter Benjamin, Critic
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Small: The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reality is a process of unlimited scope, as much
"The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reality is a process of unlimited scope, as much for thinking as for perception"
Walter Benjamin, Critic
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Small: Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments
"Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments"
Walter Benjamin, Critic
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Small: Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby
"Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby"
Walter Benjamin, Critic
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Small: All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation
"All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation"
Walter Benjamin, Critic
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Small: Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together
"Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together"
Uta Hagen, Actress
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Small: We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare
"We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare"
Uta Hagen, Actress
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Small: Once in awhile, theres stuff that makes me say, Thats what theatres about. It has to be a human event on the s
"Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often"
Uta Hagen, Actress
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Small: I love going to the movies I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I dont
"I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't"
Uta Hagen, Actress
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Small: Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply a
"Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church"
Joseph Ratzinger, Clergyman
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Small: Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relat
"Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along by every wind of teaching, look like the only attitude acceptable to today's standards"
Joseph Ratzinger, Clergyman
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Small: Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble
"Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord"
Joseph Ratzinger, Clergyman
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Small: In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures ar
Paul von Hindenburg
"In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or eight? We ourselves know not"
Paul von Hindenburg, President
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Small: In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army w
Paul von Hindenburg
"In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out"
Paul von Hindenburg, President
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Small: All we know is that, at times, fighting the Russians, we had to remove the piles of enemy bodies from before o
Paul von Hindenburg
"All we know is that, at times, fighting the Russians, we had to remove the piles of enemy bodies from before our trenches, so as to get a clear field of fire against new waves of assault"
Paul von Hindenburg, President
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Small: You see, I have in my teaching - I always say Ive done it for a hundred years and have had thousands of studen
Josef Albers
"You see, I have in my teaching - I always say I've done it for a hundred years and have had thousands of students - I have always spoken against just falling onto your knees for so-called accidents, I mean a result you are not responsible for"
Josef Albers, Artist
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Small: Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the historians, who are looking bac
Josef Albers
"Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the historians, who are looking backward"
Josef Albers, Artist
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Small: In Italy the artist is a god. Now if the artist is a god, the scientist is likewise a god
Josef Albers
"In Italy the artist is a god. Now if the artist is a god, the scientist is likewise a god"
Josef Albers, Artist
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Small: And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I helped my fat
Josef Albers
"And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I helped my father who was a house painter and decorative painter. He made stage sets, he made glass paintings, he made everything"
Josef Albers, Artist
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Small: Achievements, seldom credited to their source, are the result of unspeakable drudgery and worries
Richard Wagner
"Achievements, seldom credited to their source, are the result of unspeakable drudgery and worries"
Richard Wagner, Composer
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Small: Maybe its the music that enables them to function like that, to always take everything as it comes and never c
"Maybe it's the music that enables them to function like that, to always take everything as it comes and never complain about the misery, hardship or injustice"
Wim Wenders, Director
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Small: Im getting a little bored by the juxtaposition of American and other cinema. I no longer think this division i
"I'm getting a little bored by the juxtaposition of American and other cinema. I no longer think this division is as true as it might have been in the 1980s, or the early part of the 90s"
Wim Wenders, Director
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Small: Butte was once a grand city. To me, that city is like one big stage for Edward Hopper. You could put your came
"Butte was once a grand city. To me, that city is like one big stage for Edward Hopper. You could put your camera anywhere, and you felt you were looking at his paintings"
Wim Wenders, Director
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Small: This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us to live in suc
"This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on"
Oswald Spengler, Philosopher
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Small: You play a part, and as soon as a movie is over and the camera stops, you go home and youre not really respons
"You play a part, and as soon as a movie is over and the camera stops, you go home and you're not really responsible for what you've done"
Nastassja Kinski, Actress
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Small: And you must dare to do as many things as you dream of
"And you must dare to do as many things as you dream of"
Nastassja Kinski, Actress
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Small: His very chains helped to deceive him about the harshness of his service
Bruno Bauer
"His very chains helped to deceive him about the harshness of his service"
Bruno Bauer, Theologian
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Small: The Fuhrer is always right. I sense it
"The Fuhrer is always right. I sense it"
Robert Ley, Soldier
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Small: To those who do not love God, all things must work together immediately for pain and torment, until, by means
"To those who do not love God, all things must work together immediately for pain and torment, until, by means of the tribulation, they are led to salvation at last"
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Philosopher
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Small: God is not the mere dead conception to which we have thus given utterance, but he is in himself pure Life
"God is not the mere dead conception to which we have thus given utterance, but he is in himself pure Life"
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Philosopher
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Small: By philosophy the mind of man comes to itself, and from henceforth rests on itself without foreign aid, and is
"By philosophy the mind of man comes to itself, and from henceforth rests on itself without foreign aid, and is completely master of itself, as the dancer of his feet, or the boxer of his hands"
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Philosopher
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Small: When you walk the track and you see a corner and realise you were going round it at 160mph, you wonder who cou
Sebastian Vettel
"When you walk the track and you see a corner and realise you were going round it at 160mph, you wonder who could be so stupid to take a corner at that speed. But in the car, you don't even think about that"
Sebastian Vettel, Celebrity
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Small: Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in
Sebastian Vettel
"Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in"
Sebastian Vettel, Celebrity
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Small: Motorsport is very expensive. No one cares if you had a good season two years ago and then you have an injury.
Sebastian Vettel
"Motorsport is very expensive. No one cares if you had a good season two years ago and then you have an injury. It is a very dodgy investment"
Sebastian Vettel, Celebrity
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Small: It was an unbelievable experience! The brakes, the g-forces and the power of the engine are beyond description
Sebastian Vettel
"It was an unbelievable experience! The brakes, the g-forces and the power of the engine are beyond description. Thanks to BMW and WilliamsF1 for giving me this chance to test. The test team looked after me brilliantly and I learnt plenty"
Sebastian Vettel, Celebrity
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Small: Phil has always been a fighter. He was getting in fights all the time. I told him that if he ever hit me then
"Phil has always been a fighter. He was getting in fights all the time. I told him that if he ever hit me then I would leave the band. He wanted to find out if I was telling him the truth. He hit me so I left and that is how UFO split up"
Michael Schenker, Musician
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Small: If you are in a band like my brother, Rudolf, who is in the Scorpions, then you have a kind of umbrella and yo
"If you are in a band like my brother, Rudolf, who is in the Scorpions, then you have a kind of umbrella and you cover each other. You have five people to discuss things with and you are all in the same boat, and therefore make much wiser choices"
Michael Schenker, Musician
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Small: If you are a musician and you dont show any interest on the business level then you are actually vulnerable an
"If you are a musician and you don't show any interest on the business level then you are actually vulnerable and people will rip you off. They will sweet talk you into anything"
Michael Schenker, Musician
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Small: I love to be creative
"I love to be creative"
Michael Schenker, Musician
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Small: What is thematically posited is only what is given, by pure reflection, with all its immanent essential moment
"What is thematically posited is only what is given, by pure reflection, with all its immanent essential moments absolutely as it is given to pure reflection"
Edmund Husserl, Philosopher
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