Judith Butler Quotes
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
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When I was a child, the temptation to sin was always a romantic option. This romantic option led me to the cinema, a place where sin was welcome.
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After six years at Le Cirque, I decided to start my own business. I opened Daniel at 76th Street in May '93.
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Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.
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Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.
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Playing on the Burj Al Arab helipad was an unforgettable experience, and the view of Dubai was incredible.
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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed, the upward mobility I've been after my whole life.
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Remember, when YouTube was founded in the U.S., America's Funniest Home Videos had been around for a long time. In China, the history of TV as well as user-generated video is very, very short. So, we've actually had to do a lot of things to motivate that.
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Children thrown from heavensee the peacock's jealous tremblestars congeal into instructionsshowing how the sky is openedand spread down like a bedsheet
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Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven?
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It is of the essence of traditions that they cover or conceal their humble foundations by erecting impressive edifices on them.
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I miss her in my bones. I was her big brother. I was supposed to protect her - I could not... It very nearly destroyed me.
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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
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I'm a big historical-fiction fan.
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A certain kind of shittiness, a certain kind of stagnation, a certain kind of darkness, goes on propagating itself by its own power in its own self-contained cycle. And once it passes a certain point, no one can stop it-even if the person himself wants to stop it.
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I must say, I feel the reception of my work is none of my business.
