Do you not know that there comes a midnight hour when every one has to throw off his mask? Do you believe that life will always let itself be mocked? Do you think you can slip away a little before midnight in order to avoid this? Or are you not terrified by it? I have seen men in real life who so long deceived others that at last their true nature could not reveal itself;... In every man there is something which to a certain degree prevents him from becoming perfectly transparent to himself; and this may be the case in so high a degree, he may be so inexplicably woven into relationships of life which extend far beyond himself that he almost cannot reveal himself. But he who cannot reveal himself cannot love, and he who cannot love is the most unhappy man of all.
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TABITHA SOREN At MTV, it's very nice sometimes to be able to be very specific. Specificity really makes a news... TABITHA SOREN In 2008, Nokia expects that 3 billion people will be owning a mobile phone, with much of this growth... SOREN PETERSEN If the breaking news event has something to do with young people, specifically with MTV's audien... TABITHA SOREN I worked at NBC and MTV for two years, and it was very interesting to see the comparisons of audienc... TABITHA SOREN Gossip is easy, politics is hard. TABITHA SOREN The constant variety is the most interesting part of my job. TABITHA SOREN Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable. TABITHA SOREN It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't pro... TABITHA SOREN I've been told I'm a player, but people still don't always return my calls. TABITHA SOREN For the last year I've been at Stanford University as a student and I've had time to read th... TABITHA SOREN Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget. TABITHA SOREN Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it. SøREN KIERKEGAARD Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. SøREN KIERKEGAARD The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays... SøREN KIERKEGAARD I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My hon... SøREN KIERKEGAARD Every mental act is composed of doubt and belief, but it is belief that is the positive, it is ... SøREN KIERKEGAARD God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonde... SøREN KIERKEGAARD Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had falle... SøREN KIERKEGAARD Whether you are man or woman, rich or poor, dependent or free, happy or unhappy; whether you bore in... SøREN KIERKEGAARD Besides, Christianity is not a doctrine to be taught, but rather a life to be lived. SøREN KIERKEGAARD People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understan... SøREN KIERKEGAARD People try to persuade us that the objections against Christianity spring from doubt. That is a comp... SøREN KIERKEGAARD And when the hourglass has run out, the hourglass of temporality, when the noise of secular life has... SøREN KIERKEGAARD آیا مضحک تر از این مردم یافت می شود، که هیچ وقت از آزادی ... SøREN KIERKEGAARD My life is absolutely meaningless. When I consider the different periods into which it falls, it see... SøREN KIERKEGAARD Let other complain that the age is wicked; my complaint is that it is paltry; for it lacks passion. ... SøREN KIERKEGAARD Your own tactic is to train yourself in the art of becoming enigmatic to everybody. My young friend,... SøREN KIERKEGAARD In the New York Times, you're going to get completely different information than you would in th... TABITHA SOREN I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture. TABITHA SOREN At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particu... TABITHA SOREN At MTV, although the audience is smaller, I found it more interesting to deliver news to a specific ... TABITHA SOREN When I was a freelancer, I thought this journalism thing was a racket, and now that I'm where I ... TABITHA SOREN People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. SøREN KIERKEGAARD Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. SøREN KIERKEGAARD What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears? SøREN KIERKEGAARD When one has once fully entered the realm of love, the world — no matter how imperfect — becomes... SøREN KIERKEGAARD The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have. SøREN KIERKEGAARD There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believ... SøREN KIERKEGAARD Now, with God's help, I shall become myself. SøREN KIERKEGAARD