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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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Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away. – Walter Benjamin

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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose — a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818

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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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When life hands you a lemon, say, “Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?” – Henry Rollins

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The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it. – C.C. Scott

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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell. – Karl Popper

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In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. – Theodore Roosevelt

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I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now Ive done it all and theres a little space for me to fill in the universe of music again. – Cat Stevens

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A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing. – Charles M. Schwab

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