Hannah Arendt We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance. – Hannah Arendt Abundance Quotes Activities Quotes Common Quotes Denominator Quotes Human Quotes Leveling Quotes Life Quotes Necessities Quotes Providing Quotes Securing Quotes Succeeded Quotes The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle. The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error.
Mark McKinnon I think the press has an interest in communicating to its viewers or readers, and their viewers or readers drive profit for those news organizations, so I think those news organizations have a certain bias toward their own readers. Yeah, I think they are a special interest. Of course they are. – Mark McKinnon
Chen Shui-bian I have great confidence in Taiwan’s democracy. I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights, and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan. – Chen Shui-bian
Chris Thile People who are happy with their neighborhoods in New York always say the same thing: ‘It’s such a neighborhood!’ And that’s how we feel about Carroll Gardens. We see all the same people who have been there a long time and are very friendly and welcoming to us. – Chris Thile
AgeAmazingAnselm Kiefer I was interested in transcendence from a very early age. I was interested in what was over there, what was behind life. So when I had my first communion I was very disappointed. I had expected something amazing and surprising and spiritual. Instead all I got was a bicycle. That wasn’t what I was after at all. – Anselm Kiefer
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