W. G. Sebald Quotes

In the history of postwar German writing, for the first 15 or 20 years, people avoided mentioning political persecution - the incarceration and systematic extermination of whole peoples and groups in society. Then, from 1965, this became a preoccupation of writers - not always in an acceptable form.

W. G. Sebald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: May 18, 1944 - December 14, 2001

Topics

HistoryPeopleWritingSocietyFirst

Is it perfect? Absolutely not! But there was an audience for 'Wicked,' and our producers were smart enough to reach that audience.

Joe Mantello

SmartReachEnoughPerfectAudience

I discovered that I act because I really love to act. I don't act because maybe it will get me a magazine cover or that I can get on a talk show.

John Corbett

LoveMeI CanWillTalkAct

It's funny - nowadays people that are famous get chased by paparazzi. They have this fame, but they don't have the money to hide from it.

Matt LeBlanc

FunnyMoneyPeopleFamousHideFame

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day.

Angela Carter

FamilyMotherTimeDayTalentWar

I can be poor, I can lose a job, I can have a hospital bill that I don't know how to pay, for I can do all these things through Him who strengthens me.

John Piper

JobMeLoseI CanKnowPoor

Poetry is a totally different art than film.

Stan Brakhage

ArtPoetryFilmDifferentThan

I feel like it's important to use this gift God gave me, my life and my career to do something to make the world a better place. It's an easy thing for me to do.

Martina McBride

LifeGodMeWorldGiftBetter

The Security Council represents the situation from 1945 - you had the Allies who won the war who occupied that. The defeated guys - the Germans and Japan - were out. The occupied countries had no voice. That was fine in '45, but today, Germany rules Europe, frankly. They are driving Europe but have no voice.

Mo Ibrahim

TodayWarVoiceDrivingYouRules

Wikipedia is so dangerous.

Lois McMaster Bujold

DangerousWikipedia

Bowie has been in my mind as someone who disappeared from the public for a long time and then emerged. A strange, exotic creature - he seems to inherit a tradition of enigma and exclusiveness.

Douglas Hodge

TimeMindSomeoneTraditionLong

The threat from radical Islamic jihadists is real and needs to be taken seriously.

Doug Ducey

SeriouslyRealRadicalThreatNeeds

Looking back and thinking about the past and what I've done makes no sense - I'd like to keep achieving things. Then, when I retire, I will appreciate everything that's happened and everything I've achieved.

David Villa

PastLooking BackLookingThinking

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