Georg Simmel Quotes

The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimuli.

Georg Simmel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sociologist
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: March 1, 1858 - September 28, 1918

Topics

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Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process.

Jerry Moran

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The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

John Dryden

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You want to go to your deathbed saying, 'I didn't sell out.' But it's a tough business to keep to what you believe in and get through and do well.

Maxine Peake

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Unlike sport, music is not about winning or keeping fit or promoting your town or school; it's about celebrating, to a level approaching ecstasy, the deepest human longings.

Stephen Hough

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As an actor, you keep learning. There's no end to it.

Sridevi

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I'd been doing circuit training and Pilates for years, but I was not consistent with food. I'm not a disciplined person. I was indulging all the time.

Trisha Yearwood

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What makes a woman stylish is what she has to say and how she chooses to live her life.

Shirley Manson

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There was a story saying I didn't like contemporary comedians, but it's completely untrue - a lot of them are very dear friends of mine.

Ronnie Corbett

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The life of a model isn't easy. But I try to keep a good head on my shoulders by staying close to my family and old friends. They're my support system.

Constance Jablonski

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Every company I know is looking for more women at the table. Every board is looking for more women at the table. There's a reason why men want to understand the challenges women face, address them, because then they're going to be better hirers, attracters and retainers of women.

Sheryl Sandberg

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The media portrayal of women is always angled towards looking thinner and skinnier and... that's not good.

Sean Bean

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