Jacques Derrida Quotes
Why is it the philosopher who is expected to be easier and not some scientist who is even more inaccessible?
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I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
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All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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As I see it, a green salad is an open invitation to carrots, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and the sprouts that grow in jars on my kitchen counter.
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Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.
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Theatre gives you wings as an actor.
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If someone takes you out, and you're wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt, and they take you to a fancy place and you're unprepared, that's bad.
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I have had two knee surgeries on my right knee: that was my jumping leg that I jumped off for years and years.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epitome of hard work and optimism.
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
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Hospice is such a tremendous thing. Patients seem to reach an inner peace.
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If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.
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When I'm filming, it's in the contract - 'No kiteboarding' - ha ha.
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New online formats gutted the newspaper-ad business. Why pore over tiny print looking for a job in the want ads when you can tap a few keywords into monster.com, then click through and apply? Why pay a steep per-character rate for a classified when you can hawk a whole garage full of used stuff on EBay or Craigslist for free?
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You have to talk about why things happened the way they did. You can't actually explain my political life except by a series of situations rather than by some carefully constructed, rigidly progressed ascendancy.
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No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.
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Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.
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We are monitoring the global companies on a daily basis, and their rating continues to be investment grade. We will take immediate action if anything goes wrong.
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Why is it the philosopher who is expected to be easier and not some scientist who is even more inaccessible?
