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Quote by Hannah Arendt
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistica

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle. – Hannah Arendt

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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny. – Hannah Arendt

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Freedom
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence. – Hannah Arendt

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Freedom
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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible. – Hannah Arendt

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Promises
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An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it. – Robert Bresson

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She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners. – Louisa May Alcott

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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first. – Bertolt Brecht

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The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other. – David Riesman

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Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it. – Holbrook Jackson

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I think when someone is injured in your family, you want to speak to the individual and you want to hear their voice and you want to make sure they are OK. – Roger Goodell

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