Fredric Jameson Quotes
A further point is that, little by little, in the current universe, everything is slowly being named; nor does this have anything to do with the older Aristotelian universals in which the idea of a chair subsumes all its individual manifestations.
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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I'm not afraid to die - it's just that I had so much left to do in this world.
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India is a democracy; it is in our DNA.
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Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time.
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To think that guys who grew up in the '60s would make a miniseries supporting the idea that Oswald acted alone is something I certainly wouldn't have predicted. But time and evidence can change the way we view things.
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It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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New York was at the forefront of rap, so because of all the great people who have gone before me, being a rapper from Queens, I have to live up to those standards. I'm basically just a regular guy who says what he feels and likes to joke. I like long walks on the beach... and I love rap.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
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I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
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If you want to call me names, make jokes and doubt my intentions, go ahead, because the reality is I can take it.
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My family wasn't particularly political. Mom and Dad voted, but that was the extent of their involvement. In fact, I ended up going to U.C. Davis because, to them, Berkeley was too radical.
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Staying fit is all about trying to find enjoyment in something physical, because that's the only way you're gonna get results.
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I saw men go up and down, In the country and the town, With this tablet on their neck,- 'Judgement and a judge we seek.' Not to monarchs they repair, Nor to learned jurist's chair; But they hurry to their peers, To their kinsfolk and their dears; Louder than with speech they pray,- 'What am I? companion, say.'
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Vitia erunt donec homines
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Any playlist without Prince is no friend of mine.
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A child's hand in yours - what tenderness and power it arouses. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength.
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If there is any sense of order to the universe, acting is what I am meant to do. I'm not manufactured. I know acting isn't real, that it's temporary. If there is any theme to the roles I play, it is emotional vulnerability and availability.
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My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
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The point of life is not who falls down. The point is who gets up and how you do it.
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A further point is that, little by little, in the current universe, everything is slowly being named; nor does this have anything to do with the older Aristotelian universals in which the idea of a chair subsumes all its individual manifestations.
