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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 idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing. – Walter Benjamin

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The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reality is a process of unlimited scope, as much for thinking as for perception. – Walter Benjamin

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Its attitude, which it has preached and practiced, is skepticism. Now, it finds, the public is applying that skepticism to the press. – Thomas Griffith

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I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you cant. My attitude is always let it keep rolling. – Terrence Malick

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The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind. – John Burroughs

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Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective. – Francis Parker Yockey

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