The most conspicuous thing about suffering is, as W.H. Auden once observed, its banality. From LearnThat.org. [Michael Jackson, Source: In Sierra Leone, Page: 140]
They talk of "fun" and "safety," and they sink us in banality and boredom. From Wordnik.com. [Latex Conquers All] Reference
He was what Arendt aptly called the banality of evil. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Kerr is very good with what Hannah Arendt famously called the banality of evil. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
And in a culture that regularly pumps out banality, that is a rare and wonderful thing. From Wordnik.com. [Bjork Icon] Reference
For me, his "banality" echoed Hannah Arendt's writings on Adolph Eichmann. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Puncher: An interview with Gina Ranalli] Reference
Describing a skyscraper:It had the kind of banality that reveals itself over time as being truly brutal. From Wordnik.com. [What Else would I Possibly Be Posting About?] Reference
When I travel through America, I am stunned by its beauty, and its banality which is starting to crowd the beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Whence the Name - Anil Dash] Reference
Oxford English Dictionary, then Does Your Hairstyle Say Something? would be a good candidate for the 'banality' entry. From Wordnik.com. [Pocket Gamer | www.pocketgamer.co.uk | Latest additions] Reference
He is our postmodern Eichmann, today's banality of evil. From Wordnik.com. [His Willing Executioners] Reference
A stiff banality that meant he should now leave her alone. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty-One] Reference
Very occasionally, though, mass appeal doesn't mean banality. From Wordnik.com. [Reviving The Past] Reference
There is never so much as a hint of banality in his selection. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
For the rest the plot was commonplace to the verge of banality. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-18] Reference
Sometimes the banality of these evil acts speak for themselves. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2004] Reference
A decade later Spain's leaders gather under a banner of banality. From Wordnik.com. [The Year Of Spain] Reference
I see many things of tedious banality, sordid banality, in the nest. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest] Reference
Banal though they may be, their banality does not make them less true. From Wordnik.com. [When Prudence Was a Virtue] Reference
And this universal banality destroys the very essence of public spirit. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
And people said this is the banality of evil, this is the face of evil. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2006] Reference
Even Rockwell recognized that his banality had gotten the better of him here. From Wordnik.com. [America, America] Reference
"When your children are young, you can get lost in all the banality," she says. From Wordnik.com. [I found a message in a bottle] Reference
The banality amused him -- sitting here thinking of Copper and talking about coffee. From Wordnik.com. [The Lani People] Reference
Rather, something mundane makes him spectacular -- the banality of the base on balls. From Wordnik.com. [Ricky The Remarkable] Reference
At the risk of utter banality, it can intensify the joy, awe, and wonder of being alive. From Wordnik.com. [Gary S. Chafetz: Cancer Be Not Proud] Reference
It would be a banality to speak about the gratitude of the Belgian people toward America. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
Hypothesis runs crazy as enforced logic fails to explain the viciousness and banality of fate. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunting] Reference
Yes, there's a similar banality of evil in these movies, an anti-glamorizing of the bad people. From Wordnik.com. [Regina Weinreich: Jacki Weaver: the "Ma Barker" of Animal Kingdom] Reference
That lapse is typical of the way "Up Close and Personal" bounces between sophistication and banality. From Wordnik.com. [A Lesson In Star Chemistry] Reference
Hannah Arendt wrote of the banality of evil she detected in watching Adolf Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem. From Wordnik.com. [Hitler and Health Care Don’t Mix] Reference
The band is a safe harbor from the evils of Eminem and an entire staircase up from the banality of Sisqo. From Wordnik.com. [The New Invasion] Reference
Ramis and four writers (Chris Miller, Mary Hale, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel) mistake banality for universality. From Wordnik.com. [Just A Clonely Kind Of Guy] Reference
Lest anything that scandalizes Washington's gravity and banality should appear where an eagle now adorns our most used coin?. From Wordnik.com. [A Two-Bit, And Fine, Idea] Reference
More importantly, it was so strategically inspired that you can almost forgive the banality of much of the first two nights. From Wordnik.com. [Redeem Team] Reference
The search for a common foreign policy means that most of the time you get paralysis coupled with copious expressions of banality. From Wordnik.com. [Holing Up Inside Fortress Europe] Reference
I'm not typically a fan of banality, but the banality of the unglamorous life is precisely what I found so refreshing about America. From Wordnik.com. [Land of Inopportunity] Reference
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