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Walter Benjamin Quotes

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.

Walter Benjamin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: german
Birth: July 15, 1892 - September 26, 1940

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Work Leap Out Conviction Who Like

And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium, in our own lives, with the natural world, even within the universe at large.

Snow Queen World Story Universe Own

You can get the true essence of New Yorkers by just hanging out in Central Park.

You New True Central Park Out Park

He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires.

Heart Wishes Plans Different Your

You've got to always go back in time if you want to move forward.

Time Forward You Back Go Want

In the '50s, women aspired to dress like their mothers - this polished, controlled, formal way of dressing. Then all of a sudden in the '60s, going into the '70s, they stopped dressing like their mothers.

Women Dress Way Dressing Going Like

I don't lift weights at all. Every muscle on my body is for an actual task; there is no muscle that I train for show. If I want to be able to do a certain move or action, I train really hard until I can. And with all of that training comes muscle definition, so it's really an afterthought.

Training Action Body I Can Train

My dad goes through war novels like I go through boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

War Go Through Boxes Like Toast

Art, like religion, arises from the spirit, but alas, the formalizing of spiritual life all too often ends in hypocrisy.

Life Art Religion Spiritual Spirit

When he realized who he'd pulled over, the policeman shook his head in disbelief. He told me of all people I should know better. He gave me a real dressing down, but let me go.

People Me Better Down Go Know

The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.

Arianna Huffington

Mother Mom Fearless Imperfection Way

Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.

Fear Future Day Past People Me

Dreams really tell you about yourself more than anything else in this world could ever tell you.

Dreams Yourself World You More Tell

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