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Elias Canetti Quotes

Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: swiss
Birth: July 25, 1905 - August 13, 1994

Topics

Fun Animal Feel You Sitting Human

Future generations of economists will look at the trickle-down theory in much the same way we now look at witch burning, slavery, and the Sinclair C5.

Future Slavery Look Now Will Way

On TV, the nitty-gritty of trials takes place between commercial breaks, whereas, of course, reality is infinitely more complex. True crime also makes us more empathetic.

Reality Place True Crime Trials Us

Of history, how little do we know by personal contact; we have lived a few years, seen a few men, witnessed some important events; but what are these in the whole sum of the world's past.

Matthew Simpson

History Men Past World Personal

We're really quite nice and friendly, but everyone has a beastly side to them, don't they?

Nice Everyone Side Friendly Quite

After the accident Black Sheep was pretty much at an end.

Black End Sheep Black Sheep Pretty

I really love modeling a lot. Once I am behind the camera and start moving, there's a kind of energy that makes me feel good. But I know I have to prepare for something else before I grow up.

Love Good I Am Me Moving Start

I do remember the moment when, as a child, I realized that the things we call 'TV shows' are really just the stuff that gets put between commercials. Later, I came to see that the kinds of things that get on 'free' TV are shows that help sell products.

Douglas Rushkoff

Moment Child Free Help Remember See

I'm a big Tom Hardy fan. He dresses pretty stylish, right?

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Stylish Dresses Right Pretty Big He

That is what the intuition is for: it is the direct messenger of the soul.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Soul Intuition Messenger Direct

For actors coming out of long-running soaps, it's really important to have a little break from the screen and look for roles that are removed from the ones they have played.

Look Important Out Little Break

You can be a dynamic actor, but could never be a star if you never spend time with the media. That's something that I neglected to do.

Bokeem Woodbine

Time Media You Actor Never Star

When I was 26 or 27, I took a year off before I was going to get my Ph.D. in geography and started traveling. And within a month, I said, 'I don't want to be academic. I want to write fiction.' And as soon as I said that - 'I'm going to write fiction' - everything in my life started to make sense.

Life My Life Year Said Want Write

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