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

Other quotes by Walter Benjamin

Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred. – 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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Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text. – Walter Benjamin

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How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say youre a dead man? You go to work. – Patrick Swayze

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The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldnt cross the road to see them. Its people who have this indefinable attitude that are the good ones. – Nick Lowe

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A river never beats its head against obstacles. It always goes around, and it always gets to the sea. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Im a big fan of Courtney Love. I love Hole and I love her acting and I love her attitude. I just hope I never meet her in a dark alley. – Jeff Ross

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When you have fans who are hassling you the entire game and you ignore them, they respect you because their job is to try and distract you. And if they dont distract you, that means youre focused on doing your job. And who knows, by the end, sometimes you even win them over. – Robert Griffin III

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