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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Kick-start your brain. New ideas come from watching something, talking to people, experimenting, asking questions and getting out of the office!
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During my childhood, Washington was a segregated city, and I lived in the midst of a poor black neighborhood. Life on the streets was often perilous. Indoor reading was my refuge, and twice a week, I made the hazardous bicycle trek to the central library at Seventh and K streets to stock up on supplies.
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I'm a product of my Irish culture, and I could no more lose that than I could my sense of identity.
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Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive to the least powerful in our society.
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Fine cooking is when the things you have cooked taste as they are
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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.
