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The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest.
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
Quotes By Simone Weil
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The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the...
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What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its...
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A self-respecting nation is ready for anything including war except for a...
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Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it or thinks he does as it is...
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The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation through dwelling a...
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The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.
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There is one and only one thing in modern society more hideous than crime...
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More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems...
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In the intellectual order the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less...
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Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity even...
Quotes About Great
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A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
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Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
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Nobody I think ought to read poetry or look at pictures or statues who...
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I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when...
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A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other...
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We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great...
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A great wind swept over the ghetto carrying away shame invisibility and...
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A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a...
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Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at and humbled for...