Wolfgang Hildesheimer Quotes

I had given up magic, because it had reached a state of perfection. I felt that I was able to transform men into animals. I did not make use of this capability, because I believed I could not justify an intervention of this kind in the life of another person.

Wolfgang Hildesheimer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: December 9, 1916 - August 21, 1991

Topics

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Spider-Man is supposed to be 'neighborhood friendly,' but I've never seen that dude at a Black Lives Matter march.

Jermaine Fowler

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I'm hardly digging trenches for a living. I'm getting to tap into my boyhood fantasies of being a larger-than-life character.

Joel Edgerton

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People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.

Jeremy Collier

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I don't support going back to Glass-Steagall as is.

Steve Mnuchin

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My father never really encouraged me or even took an interest after I walked away from the family business. No one did except my mother and my grandfather. To be truthful, I cannot remember one meaningful conversation I had with my father.

Juergen Teller

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I couldn't sell air conditioners on a 98-degree day. When I demonstrated them in a showroom, I pushed the wrong button and blew the circuit.

Don Rickles

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During dark times, real entrepreneurs come out. They are not competing with 10 look-alike companies for engineering talent, so it's a great time to invest and help build companies.

Douglas Leone

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In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is.

Douglas Sirk

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I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.

Ariel Pink

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The first show I did was 'The Nutcracker' ballet. I was one of the kids who comes out in the beginning.

Ansel Elgort

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The modern computer hovers between the obsolescent and the nonexistent.

Sydney Brenner

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At school, either gymnastics or dance, it was the same. It gave me pleasure to move. And then, when I worked to achieve something new and out of the ordinary, it made me feel good. I felt I had surpassed myself.

Sylvie Guillem

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