On her lips, which were dry, was a new shade of lipstick, b… - Hannah Arendt

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On her lips, which were dry, was a new shade of lipstick, by Tussy; her doctor had ordered her to put on lipstick and powder right in the middle of labour; he and Sloan both thought it was important for a maternity patient to keep herself up to the mark.

Hannah Arendt

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Hannah Arendt (14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a German-American political theorist whose work deals with the nature of power, authority, and totalitarianism.

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Alternative Names: Johanna "Hannah" Arendt • Johanna "Hannah" Cohn Arendt • Hannah Arendt Bluecher • Hanna Arendt • Johanna Arendt • Hannah Arendt Blücher

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There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing.

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She felt really quite unequal to the tedious process of reconciliation which, in view of the fact that she was sorry, seemed to her highly unnecessary, like some legal routine or the difficulty of getting passports. Her interest in expiation quickly vanished in the face of its actuality.

On her lips, which were dry, was a new shade of lipstick, by Tussy; her doctor had ordered her to put on lipstick and powder right in the middle of l… - Hannah Arendt

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