Jean-Francois Lyotard Quotes
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I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in 'We, the people.'
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There's precedent for adjudicatory proceedings on technology issues to have massive consumer and business benefits. One of the most famous was the so-called Carterfone decision in 1968.
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If a decision-making process is flawed and dysfunctional, decisions will go awry.
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The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
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The mistake I really learned from was in 2005, leading the Indianapolis 500. I had a decision whether or not to save enough fuel to finish the race - which meant slowing down - or going all-out for the win. I went conservative and saved enough fuel to go to the end but finished fourth.
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TV and films are same for me. I took a decision to be an actor, and I am an actor. I never decided to be TV actor or film actor.
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The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.
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Migration - whether emigration or return - at the micro level is an individual choice, and government both at the Centre and the states have role only to facilitate the decision of the individuals.
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The chef can be very innovative, but the decision is made by the customer.
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It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
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Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.
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No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.
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The judiciary is entitled to finally resolve a dispute. Not every decision is right.
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I'm a Libra. That means that I can make a decision, but only after much thought.
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Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day's pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets.
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I made the decision to come back to New York, quit my job and move to Paris.
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In each verse, a decision awaits us, and we can't choose to close our eyes and let instinct work on its own. Poetic instinct consists of an alert tension.
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I'm never certain of a performance - my own or the other actors' - or the script or anything... But to me it seems there's only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately.
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There's something real in women's intuition. It's an accurate signpost for decision making, but it usually bumps up against man's logic. So we have to put ego aside and listen to them.
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The success doesn't define you. The success isn't what gave you the edge in the first place. The failure didn't give me the edge, either.
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Get to like your own body.
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Going out is the typical thing when you turn 18, but it's not really much fun when you have a recognisable face.
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We need less posturing and more genuine charisma. Charisma was originally a religious term, meaning "of the spirit" or "inspired." It's about letting God's light shine through us. It's about a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with visible effects. To let go, to just love, is not to fade into the wallpaper. Quite the contrary, it's when we truly become bright. We're letting our own light shine.
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The ruling class is and will continue to be the class of decision makers.
