Fredric Jameson Quotes
Often, these downplay the power of cultural imperialism - in that sense, playing the game of US interests - by reassuring us that the global success of American mass culture is not as bad as all that.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.
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God made a mistake with me. I'm actually black, trapped in a white body.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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I loved being on the radio. Being paid to talk? It's like being paid to eat.
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I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase.
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If there were Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, it makes it certain there would be a reprisal attack against the United States at some point.
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I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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Everybody's social life in Jordan revolves around family.
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I never thought of being disadvantaged.
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The long term sustainable growth in job creation comes from the private sector. It is important that the Obama administration partner with the private sector and come up with the best possible ideas for creating jobs.
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I would have strong opinions and be prepared to argue my case, but if you talk to my colleagues, I think you'd find they consider me the jokester, the informal mayor of the West Wing.
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The train system in India is chaotic and fun - it's the best way to see the landscape. Being in with all the families and also being the odd animal is a colourful experience you'll never forget.
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I always like to have flowers on the table. I think they make it look special.
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A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
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How you go about moving within the world you live in says so much about who you are.
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It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.
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The soul is one in its nature, but its entities are many.
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Decolonisation seems to have dented little the sense of superiority that since 1945 has made American leaders in particular consistently underestimate the intensity of nationalist feeling in Asia and Africa.
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I remember when Meryl Streep did an ad for American Express, the press harassed her.
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The effort always remains that my new film outdoes my last in terms of performance and gets better box office success. Box office is the sole reason why I do films.
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The word 'Blue' does not mean the sensation caused by a gentian on the human eye; but it means the power of producing that sensation: and this power is always there, in the thing, whether we are there to experience it or not, and would remain there though there were not a man left on the face of the earth.
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Often, these downplay the power of cultural imperialism - in that sense, playing the game of US interests - by reassuring us that the global success of American mass culture is not as bad as all that.
