![For me, Stalinism was even a greater philosophical problem than Nazism. Under Nazism, if you were a Jew, you were simply killed, no questions asked, you had nothing to prove. Under Stalinism, of course, most [victims] were on trial for false accusations; most of them were not traitors. There is one interesting feature: that they were tortured or through some kind of blackmail forced to confess to being traitors.](/assets/img/quote-photos/for-me-stalinism-was-even-a-greater-philosophical-problem-than-nazism-under-naz.jpg)
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philosophical
We can't all do everything. Virgil
philosophical enemy strategy
Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?
philosophical time-passes
Time passes irrevocably.
philosophical helping unfortunate
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate.
philosophical reality mind
The sole "property" of matter with whose recognition philosophical materialism is bound up is the property of being an objective reality, of existing outside the mind. Vladimir Lenin
philosophical clouds speech
Funest philosophers and ponderers, Their evocations are the speech of clouds. Wallace Stevens
philosophical character men
The myriad-minded man, our, and all men's, Shakespeare, has in this piece presented us with a legitimate farce in exactest consonance with the philosophical principles and character of farce, as distinguished from comedy and from entertainments. A proper farce is mainly distinguished from comedy by the licence allowed, and even required, in the fable, in order to produce strange and laughable situations. The story need not be probable, it is enough that it is possible. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
philosophical listening asking
See without looking, hear without listening, breathe without asking. W. H. Auden
philosophical delight care
Jacques Tati is the great philosophical tinkerer of comedy, taking meticulous care to arrange his films so that they unfold in a series of revelations and effortless delights. Roger Ebert
interesting people roles
One of the interesting things is, the most gifted people, the biggest people, have no problem taking small roles. Woody Allen
interesting failing something-new
You have to continuously fail. You fail at something, then you get over it, then you fail some more. And after you fail, there's always something new there. And that something new can be really interesting. William Shatner
interesting choices variation
After every movie, I always kick myself for the same things-didn't do enough, not enough variation, not enough interesting choices, too bland. Robin Wright
interesting provoking
To be interesting, one has to provoke. Salvador Dali
interesting fiction stranger
Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting. William Randolph Hearst
interesting way television
In some ways, you could argue, television is doing far more interesting work than the movies. It's more fulfilling. William Boyd
interesting stories crafts
Everyone is interesting except the narrator in a first-person story. William Kennedy
interesting culture language
If you know two cultures and two languages, that intermediate place, where the two don't perfectly meet, is really interesting. Sandra Cisneros
interesting painting very-interesting
Painting is very interesting. Sam Waterston
trials poverty judgment
A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment. Warren E. Burger
trials kira failing
You will fail. Then they will kill you." - Vandara to Kira, following Kira's trial. Lois Lowry
trials hardship response
It is not the trials in your life that develop or destroy you, but rather your response to those hardships. Charles Stanley
trials fairs fair-trial
A fair trial would have been no trial at all. Angela Davis
trials television radio
The heightened public clamor resulting from radio and television coverage will inevitably result in prejudice. Trial by television is, therefore, foreign to our system. Tom C. Clark
trials development inheritance
How you deal with life’s trials is part of the development of your faith. Strength comes when you remember that you have a divine nature, an inheritance of infinite worth. Russell M. Nelson
trials riding needs
It's quite easy to start Trials riding. You just need a bike and you're set. Sete Gibernau
trials study bike
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trials lawyer grew
And I've always felt comfortable certainly in a courtroom because you're just performing. And there was a time in my life when I thought when I grew up I'd be a trial lawyer myself. Scott Bakula