Judith Butler Quotes
Popular sovereignty has to be given by a people to itself, and this is the important meaning of self-determination.
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.
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You want maybe to be that guy or one of the few guys who can help develop the game in the United States.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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The idea that modernisation makes for enhanced national power and rapid progress and helps everyone achieve greater happiness has its origins in the astonishing political, economic and military successes of western Europe in the 19th century.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
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I don't know what these Republican congressmen drink that make them experts on women's reproductive health.
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There's no way you can possibly intellectually justify, 'Well, it's okay for the Western Judeo-Christian countries to have nuclear weapons, but not for a country like Iran.' That logic goes nowhere fast.
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The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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In a novel, I think you have a contract with the reader to make the character representative - of a moment in history, a social class... for instance, I wanted to make the boy in 'A Boy's Own Story' more like other gay men of my generation in their youth and not like me.
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I do pop, so pop is very broad. It could be anything from the Weeknd to Taylor Swift to Beyonce to whatever is on the radio, basically.
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If there's one thing I hope people are certain of it's this: I'm looking out for YOU - the taxpayer.
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When I was climbing, I built up a close relationship with the Sherpa people.
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I've tried to quit writing several times, but I enjoy it too much.
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The essence of the conservative message should be we want a dynamic nation where anybody with nothing can achieve anything.
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I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
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Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those centuries, Africans were politically free and economically independent. Their social patterns were their own and their cultures truly indigenous.
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I want to invest in a functional product that people are using.
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If you're interested in any artist, go see them live. I always say that you should go see an artist live. That's an experience that only you and the people in the room can say that they have.
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I think I'm a people person. I get very attached to people. And I've become so attached to all the people on my show, the cast, the crew and the producers.
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Life is cold. People stay warm through the intimacy of a story.
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Popular sovereignty has to be given by a people to itself, and this is the important meaning of self-determination.
