Jean-Francois Lyotard Quotes
One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine.Jean-Francois Lyotard
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I would never let somebody say that they're me. That would be the ultimate betrayal of what I stand for.
Felicia Day -
So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
Warren Farrell -
The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
T. Boone Pickens -
I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care.
Camille Paglia -
A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
Patrick Murray -
Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly and I hope that it doesn't - but it's not an ideal position after one's first year in power.
Walter Russell Mead
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Beyond this day, no thinking person could fail to see what would happen.
Oskar Schindler -
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
Washington Irving -
Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin Powell said?
Cameron Russell -
I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
Idris Elba -
All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!
Sade Adu -
The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.
Karl Liebknecht
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
Natalie Cole -
What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.
Abraham Maslow -
I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.
Oscar Wilde -
How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the material? It's absurd.
Eddie Trunk -
My original aim after 'The X Factor' was to earn enough money in a year to make the whole experience worth it - you know, buy a car, a flat.
Olly Murs
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My mum has always been quite free-spirited, and she has taught me a lot. I think that is probably why I have the sort of mind that I do.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
Art at its best draws attention not only to the way things are but also to the way things will be, when the earth is filled with the knowledge of G-D as the waters cover the sea. That remains a surprising hope, and perhaps it will be the artists who are best at conveying both the hope and the surprise.
N. T. Wright -
I got arrested once on stage in Memphis for looking too much like Liza Minnelli.
David Johansen -
One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine.
Jean-Francois Lyotard