Lion Feuchtwanger Quotes

An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems of the present day, of being, in other words, a reactionary.

Lion Feuchtwanger

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: July 7, 1884 - December 21, 1958

Topics

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I had done one failed pilot. I remember, when it failed, I was like, 'Oh my God, how does someone survive this? That's it - that's the end of my career; it's over.'

John Krasinski

GodSurviveEndSomeoneRemember

In 1890, nearly everyone died on the job, and if they lived long enough not to die on the job, the average age of retirement was 85.

Robert Fogel

AgeJobRetirementDieEnoughLong

Yeah, I was in the phase for the last ten years or so where every record I made I said OK, that's the last one, I don't want to record anymore, I don't want to do this any more, I don't want to have a public life.

Rosanne Cash

LifeTen YearsSaidWantMoreYears

You can be a decent critic if you know about food, but to be a really good one, you need to know about life.

Ruth Reichl

LifeGoodFoodYouKnowNeed

The matinee audiences are different because they're mostly kids, a great percentage kids. So they respond to everything differently, but I understand what they do respond to.

Rue McClanahan

GreatUnderstandEverythingRespond

Classics isn't about the ancient world. It's partly about the ancient world, but it's about our conversation. It's how we try to talk to antiquity.

Mary Beard

WorldConversationTryTalkAncient

One had sown the seeds of corruption, and the other watered and nurtured it. Both the TDP and Congress have played their bit in patronising Satyam.

Chiranjeevi

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A lot of the Indians who came to North America in the '70s, and who made very successful adjustments, always had an idea of the India that they had left, not realizing that the India that they had left has changed more profoundly than the America they came to.

Clark Blaise

AmericaIndiaMoreAlwaysSuccessful

My biggest fear is fear itself. I never want to be afraid of doing something I want.

Anushka Sharma

FearDoingWantNeverAfraidItself

Cruise director is - I always laugh and say, 'He's the ship's liver,' because almost everything you can think of filters through you at some point.

Willie Aames

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No one ever talks about the good in me; they just say that I'm spoiled.

Petra Stunt

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I'm trying to find a way to eat up time without being destructive, 'cause that's my go-to, it seems.

Shia LaBeouf

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