Judith Butler Quotes
If we are looking for signs of democratization, then surely we are looking as well for forms of living on equal terms in and among cultural differences.
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Funny is an attitude.
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When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded - 'It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject.' This was a very healthy attitude.
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The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.
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In the child, consciousness rises out of the depths of unconscious psychic life, at first like separate islands, which gradually unite to form a 'continent,' a continuous landmass of consciousness. Progressive mental development means, in effect, extension of consciousness.
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I've sort of heard that 'it' girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn't solidify it in my mind and I wouldn't know how to solidify that title. It's so elusive and what does it mean, I don't know?
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I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.
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I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
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Every child, woman and man has a right to enough nutritious food for an active and healthy life.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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I only get to spend about six to eight weeks in Australia now and I really miss my family and friends.
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I think people inspire me the most. If I meet a person who is incredibly complex, and all of a sudden, I start thinking in rhymes, that person could be a muse.
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I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.
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One of my theories is to be captain on the field and off the field, you need to totally enjoy each other's company. I don't like discussing cricket off the field.
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In terms of number of movies, I've been in an extraordinary amount. If you count only the minutes I'm onscreen, it's not so long.
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We used to play football on the levee, with no shirts on in the summer - August in New Orleans - and my skin would turn red. They'd call me Redskin, Red Apache, then it turned around to Apache Red.
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I'm really enjoying being single. I'm not even looking to meet anybody, which is so freeing.
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It makes you feel at home when you can talk to somebody and really talk about anything.
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When you mutilate movies for mass media, you tamper with the hearts and minds of America.
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When I have a breakthrough in music and I hear the melody in my hands: that's when I get compelled - something in my gut just has to rise up and sing and put something to that.
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I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
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A lot of coaching is about results and if you don't get the right results, you're going to get criticism, but if all things are going well then you can enjoy yourself.
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I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me.
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I am almost certain that space and time are illusions. These are primitive notions that will be replaced by something more sophisticated.
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If we are looking for signs of democratization, then surely we are looking as well for forms of living on equal terms in and among cultural differences.
