#sin

In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising. ↗

— Pauline Kael

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The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising. ↗

— Pauline Kael

#critic #independent #information #only #rest

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#great #imposing #rather #responsibility #too

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so. ↗

— Franz Kafka

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Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than at rest, since at rest they may be sitting in the balance without knowing it, being weighed together with their sins. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#being #better #knowing #maxim #may

In fact, corporate and union moneys go overwhelmingly to incumbents, so limiting that money, as Congress did in the campaign finance law, may be the single most self-denying thing that Congress has ever done. ↗

— Elena Kagan

#campaign finance #congress #corporate #did #done

Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging it in that role. ↗

— Robert Kagan

#based #challenging #criteria #cultural #dominance

Jews have been in Egypt since Biblical times, and Alexandria had once been, at least partially, a Jewish city. ↗

— Meir Kahane

#been #city #egypt #had #jewish

A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit. ↗

— Herman Kahn

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Human and moral factors must always be considered. They must never be missing from policies and from public discussion. ↗

— Herman Kahn

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