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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 purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#continue #growing #growth #learning #live

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#constitute #curse #day #economic #economic growth

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#doing #learn #them #things

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#comes #expect #i #lived #precept

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. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#ambitious #authority #enough #free #itself

The psychiatrists examine you and ask you about your life and work, and then they decide whether your film can be shown or not. It's a horrible experience. ↗

— Dario Argento

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There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am. ↗

— Mackenzie Astin

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

— Hannah Arendt

#become #chief #error #infallibility #leader

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

#always #appears #certainty #everyday #guise