Walter Benjamin Quotes

It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed.

Walter Benjamin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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When I was growing up, my idea of a writer was someone like Sven Hassel, that mysterious Danish author who wrote thrillers about men clambering over walls and getting tangled in barbed wire.

Andrew O'Hagan

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If you just want ten songs to fit somebody else's script, then I'm not really the composer for that.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

YouWantJustSomebodySongsTen

I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.

Michael Douglas

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I was brought up in a way that was based purely on the senses. Everything in my upbringing was a reaction to growing up on an organic farm or to the emotions of animal cruelty, as well as the visuals of my mum's and my father's art - he was also an art collector.

Stella McCartney

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There are many, many more small theater spaces than there were when I was starting out.

Tom Stoppard

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The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

Tom Clancy

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Human nature fascinates me.

Rush Limbaugh

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When our William was killed, there wasn't a child bereavement charity. I was extremely blessed with a very close family, wonderful friends, a supportive husband, and two further children.

Mary Berry

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I'm pretty low-key. I travel fairly light, especially on the tour.

Christine McVie

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Anytime you present a message that is seen as hate, you're going to have a negative impact.

Cory Gardner

HateNegativePresentImpactYou

No man can discover his own talents.

Brendan Behan

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I think soccer is more respected now than it ever has been. You can see that in the numbers of young kids who are playing and the numbers of people who are coming to watch.

Brandi Chastain

PeopleThinkYouSoccerYoungNow

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