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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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 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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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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I love aging. Why would I want to be 21 for the rest of my life?
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I do love to walk around in New York because people will notice me, smile, but they never bother anyone. New Yorkers are very cool. I love New York.
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Well, why do you want a political career? Have you ever been in the House of Commons and taken a good square look at the inmates? As weird a gaggle of freaks and sub-humans as was ever collected in one spot.
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I don't belong in the world. That's what it is. Something separates me from other people.
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The tired whine of 'But the Republicans are worse' will fall flat as more young Americans take charge of their future and move, with their reenergized elders, toward the Green Party and parallel civic and political movements.
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Volyova did not like planets at the best of times, and gas giants struck her as an unreasonable affront to human scale and frailty. In that respect, they were almost as bad as stars.
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Why is it the philosopher who is expected to be easier and not some scientist who is even more inaccessible?
