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Ernst Toller Quotes

And suddenly, like light in darkness, the real truth broke in upon me; the simple fact of Man, which I had forgotten, which had lain deep buried and out of sight; the idea of community, of unity.

Ernst Toller

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: german
Birth: December 1, 1893 - May 22, 1939

Topics

Truth Community Light Darkness Man

On the road, as a 'rock star,' there's superficial attention and adulation is thrown at you for a couple of hours - then you're alone in your room and it's lonely.

Melissa Etheridge

Alone Road Lonely Rock Star You

We have 62 counties in New York State and each has its own system of death investigation.

Michael Baden

Death New York New System Own State

Pretending is the basis of civilised society, and it is sometimes necessary for all of us. Without it we are nothing more than a pack of snarling dogs.

Jeff Lindsay

Society Sometimes Nothing More Dogs

My clients train hard. They don't scream or throw weights - they just push hard, trying to get more out of themselves than their bodies want to give, trying to walk that terrible, beautiful line between controlled aggression and all-out insanity.

John Romaniello

Beautiful Walk Push Trying Train

Someone said to me at a party once, 'Oh, yeah, you're a comedian? Then how come you're not funny now?' And I just wanted to say, 'Well, I'm just going to take this conversation we're having and then repeat that to strangers, and then that's the joke. You're the joke later.'

Mike Birbiglia

Funny Me Someone You Strangers Said

We are in love with youth culture in this country... It permeates every aspect of people's lives.

Miriam Shor

Love Culture People Youth Country

When you turn on your radio, you don't always want to hear about someone shootin' some person. Even if that's the lifestyle they live, people don't always want to hear it.

Missy Elliott

Live People Someone You Person Want

Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody.

Joshua Logan

Music Poetry Own Melody

I'm a person and an actor that's constantly unsatisfied. I'm always reaching for something higher.

Josh Segarra

Person Actor Always Something Higher

I always say that modernization is not an abstract thing; it's a very specific task.

Dmitry Medvedev

Say Always Task Abstract Specific

We were eyeball-to-eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

Dean Rusk

Just Other Fellow Were

Any real belief in death is just wishful thinking.

Chuck Palahniuk

Death Thinking Belief Real Just Any