Judith Butler Quotes
If we are trying to account for mobilization, we have to ask, under what conditions do outraged forms of knowing lead to social mobilizations and movements? So awareness alone does not suffice, and neither does outrage.
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I believe that dance has the power to heal, mentally and physically.
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Me, I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know its not some place you can look for because its not where you go. It’s how you feel for a moment in your life when you’re a part of something and if you find that moment, it lasts forever.
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It's always cool to meet people who can do things that you have no capacity to do.
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People copy examples and then they wonder what is the trouble. They look at examples and without theory they learn nothing.
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There are so many sitcoms. So, when you get to be a part of something that feels exciting to you, you just want to be a part of it.
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I am afeard there are few die well that die in battle, for how can they charitably dispose of anything when blood is their argument?
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The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he's written it.
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It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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In my family, we let our boys have a say in what veggie side they want for dinner that night. We list off a handful of options and get them excited about helping to plan the dinner menu. They're much more inclined to finish their plates when they've helped decide what goes on them.
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Nature intends that, at fixed periods, men should succeed each other by the instrumentality of death. We shall never outwit Nature; we shall die as usual.
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The estate tax punishes years of hard work and robs families of part of their heritage by imposing a huge penalty on inheritance after death - a tax on money that has already been taxed.
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Film provides an opportunity to marry the power of ideas with the power of images.
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I feel the presence of a higher power. I believe that what you give is what you get. It's universal law. I believe in the power of prayer and of words. I've learned that when you predict that negative things will happen, they do.
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Thoughts of suicide have got me through many a bad night.
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An angel! Nonsense! Everybody so describes his mistress; and yet I find it impossible to tell you how perfect she is, or why she is so perfect: suffice it to say she has captivated all my senses.
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But it is almost impossible to communicate with them one's spies in the enemy camp and receive the information they possess ... Even when the general receives from his spies information of movements, he still knows nothing of those which may since have taken place, nor of what the enemy is going finally to attempt.
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If we are trying to account for mobilization, we have to ask, under what conditions do outraged forms of knowing lead to social mobilizations and movements? So awareness alone does not suffice, and neither does outrage.
