Walter Benjamin Quotes

The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.

Walter Benjamin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WisdomTruthArtEndStorytelling

Everybody knows I return all of my phone calls. I pick up my cell phone myself, much to the chagrin of my staff.

Joe Lhota

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The Transparency Bill is something we should all support - practical steps in promoting an open and accountable democracy.

Andrew Lansley

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I still use felt tip pens for my notes, on a white board that I carry around with me. I am not into the computer technology - you can say that quite safely.

John Motson

TechnologyI AmMeYouWhiteSay

They see themselves as athletes and only athletes.

John Murray

SeeOnlyThemselvesAthletes

Every adult in the world has some sense that he or she might be obliterated at any time by these weapons that we have created.

Robert Jay Lifton

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I've enjoyed the time I've had working on films. I've enjoyed television movie-of-the-week format. I've enjoyed the few comedies that I've done, and I've enjoyed one-hour television.

Michael Cudlitz

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Maybe if they all could he combined - art, rock and fashion. Those were always my favorite things.

Stephen Sprouse

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For 'Avengers,' in the Albuquerque desert, we shot New York there. And I was standing on a platform, nine feet high... and it was the rooftop of a skyscraper in New York. And it was all desert around me!

Stellan Skarsgard

New YorkMeDesertFeetNewHigh

You can work for other people and still be a #GIRLBOSS; it's more about a state of mind and knowing yourself well enough to know when you're making decisions for yourself or because the world expects them of you. And guess what? It's okay to do that sometimes, too.

Sophia Amoruso

WorkYourselfPeopleMindWorldYou

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!

Tryon Edwards

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'New Jack City' and 'Boyz 'N the Hood' are realities, but movies like 'Strictly Business' are realities, too.

Tommy Davidson

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When I grew up, we didn't have a TV, and I think more families today have ambitions of getting out of their environment, such as sending their children to university.

Robert Winston

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