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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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Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me. – Steve Buscemi

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My agent says that Im a repeat business guy. If you hire me to come do a movie, Ill be on time, know all my material, be ready to go, have a good attitude. Im here to work, so I get hired over and over again by the same producers. If you just be a team player on set you can work so much more often. – Dean Cain

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I think fun is an important part of the entertainment industry, and it should be. Anybody whos not incorporating some of that into their work needs to take a break, go away, and have an attitude adjustment. – Diane Lane

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I have a Woody Allen Jewish attitude to life: that its all going to be disastrous. That it hasnt all been that way is simply down to some random quirk of fate. – Antony Sher

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Film lovers are sick people. – Francois Truffaut

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I hope that my government can help change Italian mentality. – Mario Monti

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Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us from kindergarten in the age of perversions of Dewey-style education: everyone gets a ribbon, and praise becomes a meaningless narcotic to soothe egoistic distemper. – Gerald Early

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Men often think submission indicates weakness, that letting someone else take charge betrays a character deficit. But we all submit to strangers who drill into our teeth as long as we can see the parchment on their wall which reads “Dentist.” – Edmond Manning, King Perry

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