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Quote by Franz Kafka
We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowle

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt. – Franz Kafka

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So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being. – Franz Kafka

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Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate… but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins. – Franz Kafka

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Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile. – Abu Bakr

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The real difference between a mans scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others about him is he has added sources of knowledge. – Edward Thorndike

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Experience alone can give a final answer. The knowledge gained in a few years by a commission of the kind suggested would be worth more than volumes of mere assertions and contradictions. – John Bates Clark

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The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene with the knowledge that you know where the storys going to end and how its going to go. But on television nobody knows whats going to happen, even the writers. – Alan Cumming

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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. – Judith Martin

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I remember once acting really cool on a bus with this girl named Stephanie. When I got home, I realized that I had a really big zit on my forehead. If you have acne problems, you really shouldnt be acting like Don Juan. – John Cusack

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