Judith Butler Quotes
It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims.
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When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.
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There was a mission: To match the cover of 'Extraordinary' to the cover of the paperback 'Impossible,' which was commercially successful. Consider the outdoor natural setting, the single girl in motion with her hair blowing, and the cursive font used for the title; both covers have these in common.
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The expectation was that 'True Confessions' would be my first published book, but that didn't happen. After it was rejected by every publisher in New York and Canada, I shoved it in a closet and went on to write and publish my next three books.
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I was supposed to be women's lib, and now I'd exceeded it and gone over into international politics.
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Anything worth doing good takes a little chaos.
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The older I get, the more I'm prepared to do things for the money.
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I love reference books, especially collections of memorable quotations, world almanacs, and atlases. Facts to me are like candy or popcorn, small, tasty delights, and I like to gorge on them now and then.
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When I feel off, I read the 'Tao Te Ching' to get my equilibrium right. I started reading it in the eleventh grade.
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It's a songwriter's dream to have a song recorded and run up the charts.
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I don't think that sin and pursuing happiness are not necessarily the same thing.
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A great fig should look like it's just about to burst its skin. When squeezed lightly it should give a little and not spring back. It must be almost unctuously sweet, soft and wet.
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In terms of aesthetics, I probably look better than I did when I played.
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For all the things that make Chicago great, for all the things that make us proud to call ourselves Chicagoans, the violence that is happening corrodes our core. It is not the Chicago we know and love.
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Through this entire process we always wanted what was best for Patrick, and in working with him we feel this is where he wants to be. We wish him the best with the Jets.
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Goodness," Myrnin said quietly. "I don't think I should be watching this. I don't think I'm old enough.
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I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.
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God requires to be represented by a fiery Church... two things are intolerable to Him-insincerity and lukewarmness.
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Two things strike me dumb: the infinite starry heavens, and the sense of right and wrong in man.
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We Jews have no other means of self-defense than our solidarity.
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The dwarves of course are quite obviously, couldn't you say that in many ways they remind you of the Jews? Their words are Semitic obviously, constructed to be Semitic. Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects (in general) the small reach of their imagination - not the small reach of their courage or latent power.
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That is the situation in the factory where I work. The union has never gone in and the workers are nothing but poor victims of blackmail, dependent on the law of the owner, that is: I pay you and so I possess you and I possess your life, your family, and everything that surrounds you, and if you don’t do as I say I’ll ruin you.
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I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?
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It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims.
