Quote by Walter Benjamin
Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collectors passion b

Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collectors passion borders on the chaos of memories. – Walter Benjamin

Other quotes by Walter Benjamin

Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information — hence, something inessential. This is the hallmark of bad translations. – Walter Benjamin

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

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Death
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Other Quotes from
Things, Little Things
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I dont look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over. – Warren Buffett

As we become curators of our own contentment on the Simple Abundance path… we learn to savor the small with a grateful heart. – Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Sometimes in life you have an appointment with destiny, and sometimes you just have to get destiny to squeeze you in. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Effort

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. – Albert Einstein

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Government

Its really fun at night, because I can see the baby kicking. I can feel the knee or the foot. The baby is starting to get heavy, and its a really incredible feeling. Im so grateful I get to experience this. – Emily Procter

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Experience

My mom did costumes for the Pointer Sisters. – Slash

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mom