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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

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The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

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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. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

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If you make a film normally it's all right, the distributors are helpful and cooperative. But if you make a film that's a little stange, a little bizarre, then all the time it's a struggle with them. ↗

— Dario Argento

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In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul. ↗

— Dario Argento

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I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit it, you're able to hit it with a couple of short sharp shots... it's a beautiful thing. ↗

— Alexis Arguello

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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. ↗

— Aristotle

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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. ↗

— Aristotle

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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. ↗

— Aristotle

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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. ↗

— Aristotle

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