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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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All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate. – Walter Benjamin

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Charity
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These are days when no one should rely unduly on his competence. Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed. – Walter Benjamin

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Apathy
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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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I hope the millions of people Ive touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude. – Michael Jordan

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Nothing. Were all friends and friendly. So when the cameras go down, depending on the mood or the nature of the material were dealing with, theres usually a kind of a prevailing light attitude thats floating around. – Richard Dean Anderson

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Attitude

I dont know that I have any role models now that are fixed. Definitely my mom – shes the coolest. Shes worked really hard her whole life and I just think shes got a great attitude. Moms just know so much its so silly. – Larisa Oleynik

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The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others. – Jose Saramago

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Attitude

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For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing – stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses – makes more money for me than making movies. – Jackie Chan

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If you work in casting, its sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting directors are frustrated actors, but it wasnt true with any of the casting people I knew. – Catherine Keener

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They were often the first students in their family to go to college and the very idea of higher education was still foreign to them. They had to make a conscious and often difficult decision to come to college. – Michael N. Castle

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The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken by the storm-wind if it did not understand the noble art of turning to every wind. – Heinrich Heine

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