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Quote by Walter Benjamin
It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the

It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed. – Walter Benjamin

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The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion. – Walter Benjamin

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Art
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Walter Benjamin
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The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again. – Walter Benjamin

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Past, the
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Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling… Its the attitude thats in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history. – August Wilson

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Id rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star.Id rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far;for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are. – Milton Berle

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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us. – Stephen Covey

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Attitude

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britains place is in Europe. – Peter Mandelson

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Attitude

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Man is the only animal which esteems itself rich in proportion to the number and voracity of its parasites. – George Bernard Shaw

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Health food makes me sick. – Calvin Trillin

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Marriage and the creation of families has been an integral part of our society since its creation it should not be defined without the kind of involvement by the people which a constitutional process would require. – Robert Foster Bennett

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We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. Its just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile. – Barry White

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