Pierre Bourdieu Quotes

The point of my work is to show that culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences. They are hugely important in the affirmation of differences between groups and social classes and in the reproduction of those differences.

Pierre Bourdieu

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• Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.

  

  Gabourey Sidibe
  • Home
  • You
  • Body

• Most presenters are consumed with preparing their content rapidly, which makes the material about their own narrow perspective.

  

  Nancy Duarte
  • Perspective
  • Own
  • Content

• I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.

  

  Kanye West
  • People
  • Music
  • Important

• Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • May
  • Know
  • Same

• Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.

  

  Naval Ravikant
  • You
  • Fool
  • Genius

• I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment.

  

  Utada Hikaru
  • People
  • Know
  • Environment

• You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Work
  • Girl
  • Yourself

• Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.

  

  Daniel Ek
  • Music
  • Today
  • Song

• Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do.

  

  Zendaya
  • Trying
  • Love
  • Remember

• In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.

  

  Uday Kotak
  • Run
  • Fast
  • Slow

• The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.

  

  C. V. Raman
  • Work
  • Thinking
  • Science

• People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?

  

  Imelda Marcos
  • People
  • Me
  • Beauty

• Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.

  

  Adam Hamilton
  • Light
  • Learning
  • Bible

• I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Remember
  • Think
  • Know

• I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Writing
  • Want
  • Right

• I went through the extremes of amazing notoriety and also the dreaded things that you never thought you'd have to live through. Not everything works the way you want it to, but if I sit back and think, 'Am I happy about this?' Yeah. I wouldn't have done anything any better.

  

  Ralph Lauren
  • Live
  • Done
  • Happy

• We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.

  

  Jackie Speier
  • Change
  • Climate Change

• I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Person
  • Emotions
  • Optimistic

• After all these years, I'm starting to learn what a good director does, and I know what a good one does with actors: help us navigate finer instincts, help us when we're wrong, encourage us when things are great.

  

  Brian Geraghty
  • Good
  • Great
  • Help

• Gotta stay in the gym, stay funny, stay sharp. I just love working.

  

  Marlon Wayans
  • Funny
  • Gym

• You know, it's going to be a really long tour, and well, I guess I'll see what happens with A Perfect Circle, 'cause they do other projects too, and I don't know. I hope I can always do a lot of different things, do 'em well.

  

  James Iha The Smashing Pumpkins
  • Different
  • Long
  • Hope

• Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale.

  

  Christina Aguilera
  • Sides
  • Bigger
  • Lows

• The point of my work is to show that culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences. They are hugely important in the affirmation of differences between groups and social classes and in the reproduction of those differences.

  

  Pierre Bourdieu
  • Work
  • Important
  • Culture