It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past.
Hannah Arendt
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- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality.
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst expect the best and take what comes.
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- In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.