Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: February 22, 1788 - September 21, 1860

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Immersing myself in Shakespeare's plays, reading them closely under the guidance of a brilliant, plain-spoken professor changed my life: It opened up the great questions; it put my petty problems into perspective. It got me out of bed in the mornings and kept me in the library late into the night.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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I really like writing television, and I like the collaborative writers room feeling. It's ten people, and you're together every day laughing your heads off.

Jill Soloway

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I like what L'Oreal stands for, which is women of worth.

Andie MacDowell

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I am definitely most proud of 'American Dreams.'

Tom Verica

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I was born in 1948, so I'm a '60s kid, and in the '60s everyone talked all the time, endlessly, about socialism versus capitalism, about political choices, ideology, Marxism, revolution, 'the system' and so on.

Tony Judt

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A presidential candidate's great desire is to be seen as pragmatic, and they hope their maneuvering and shifting will be seen in pursuit of some higher purpose. It doesn't mean they are utterly insincere.

Robert Dallek

HopeGreatPurposeDesireWillMean

The Delmore Brothers is hit music - very, very popular - and it still retains that rural flavor and simplicity. I always think of it as family music, really, because families sang it.

Ry Cooder

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I believe if a sentence is to retain its strength over time, it needs to be carefully made.

Romesh Gunesekera

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After 60, it's just patch, patch, patch.

Mary Martin

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In many cases, here we are, putting out reports that we're spending $100 million a year on, and we're telling the public, 'Oh, you don't have access to them.'

Mike Quigley

YearYouOutHereReportsMillion

It's weird how the Internet changes everything. The kind of narrow casting... instead of reaching for a broad audience, you are reaching for a more targeted audience.

Martine Syms

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You get to that age where you're watching a lot of television, and who doesn't want to be on television?

Jason Marsden

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