Judith Butler Quotes

In the first instance, performativity must be understood not as a singular or deliberate ‘act,’ but, rather, as the reiterative and citational practice by which discourse produces the effects that it names.

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• Part of being a top-20 firm is mind-share.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Mind
  • Being
  • Part

• Actually, my mom doesn't let me touch any of my money out of my bank. She says she is going to keep it there until I am 18, and I don't think anyone can touch that. No money has been taken out of there.

  

  Dakota Goyo
  • Money
  • Mom
  • Bank

• When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan base that they have in Chicago.

  

  Pat Gillick
  • American
  • Think
  • Chicago

• Versace designs have always been bootlegged. Now it's Versace bootlegging the bootleg for the bootleggers to bootleg the bootleg.

  

  M.I.A.
  • Always
  • Now
  • Been

• Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • God
  • Know
  • Author

• If you want to see the real Pablo Escobar, go see a documentary.

  

  Wagner Moura
  • Real
  • Want
  • See

• I do know some missed tackles usually that comes down to leverage, and I know those are correctable and fixable.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Know
  • Down
  • Leverage

• For my part, I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against west, urban versus rural, region against region, and people against people will have no place in my Administration.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • People
  • Politics
  • Place

• Even in the tough times, He's still a good God.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Good
  • God
  • Tough Times

• An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise.

  

  Kate Smith
  • Political
  • Performance

• For makeup, I swear by a base of Embryolisse, Nars concealer, that Bobbie Brown foundation stick, Pat's highlighter, a brow fill-in with dark brown eyeshadow and angle brush, a groom with Anastasia brow gel, an eyelash curl, and two swipes of drugstore mascara.

  

  Paloma Elsesser
  • Dark
  • Makeup
  • Foundation

• It's the weirdest thing. When you go into acting, you expect to be a huge star and to be recognized... It did happen, but not in the way you expect it to... In L.A., I'm just another character actor.

  

  Dan Castellaneta
  • Character
  • Star
  • Acting

• Adam Smith pointed out that there were three things that make us more prosperous, in a general sort of way: freedom to pursue our own self-interest; specialization, which he called division of labor; and freedom of trade.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Freedom
  • Own
  • Prosperous

• I'm a full-time writer, which means I have the entire day to get my work done. But that can also be bad, because that means I have the entire day to get in my way.

  

  Dani Shapiro
  • Time
  • Work
  • Done

• I think beauty comes from within, and society paints a ridiculous picture.

  

  Rachel Bilson
  • Society
  • Picture
  • Beauty

• The disenfranchised should be going to art school - not the franchised.

  

  Gary Hume
  • School
  • Art
  • Going

• The gap between being a bad person and being a criminal is often wide.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • Bad
  • Person
  • Often

• I am not asking anyone to accept Christianity if his best reasoning tells him that the weight of the evidence is against it.

  

  C. S. Lewis

• In TV, you can carve out a beautiful little niche like 'Breaking Bad' did. Like 'The Wire' did. Like 'Homeland' did.

  

  Joe Carnahan
  • Bad
  • Beautiful

• Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.

  

  Mae West
  • Love
  • Neighbor
  • Tall

• A kid copies what is good. I remember the first time I saw Lefty O'Doul, and he was as far away as those palms. And I saw the guy come to bat in batting practice. I was looking through a knothole, and I said, 'Geez, does that guy look good!' And it was Lefty O'Doul, one of the greatest hitters ever.

  

  Ted Williams
  • Time
  • Good
  • Remember

• Anonymous sources are a practice of American journalism in the 20th and 21st century, a relatively recent practice. The literary tradition of anonymity goes back to the Bible.

  

  Joe Klein
  • American
  • Practice
  • Bible

• In the first instance, performativity must be understood not as a singular or deliberate ‘act,’ but, rather, as the reiterative and citational practice by which discourse produces the effects that it names.

  

  Judith Butler
  • Practice
  • Names
  • Performativity