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Quote by Walter Benjamin
Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He

Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death. – Walter Benjamin

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The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion. – Walter Benjamin

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Criticism
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Walter Benjamin
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I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again. – Elie Wiesel

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When I see someone who is starved, they dont look alert. They dont have boundless energy. If youre too skinny, it looks like youre near death. – Kirstie Alley

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I love myself. Anything that has my name Im tickled to death. – Barbara Corcoran

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Ive always been scared to death of pain – afraid, even, to think of it. – Loretta Young

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