Judith Butler Quotes

I do situate myself in this problem of being a Jew who doesn't want to be represented by the state of Israel, a state that claims to represent all Jewish people and make me into a potential citizen.

Judith Butler

• Problem
• Israel
• Citizen

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• I endeavor to make the most of everything.

  

  Victoria Woodhull
  • Everything
  • Most
  • Endeavor

• If you're going to maintain true authorities over a subordinate organization, you have to have some control over policy formulation of that organization and also the resources that are applied to it.

  

  Jack Keane
  • True
  • Control
  • Organization

• The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • School
  • Word
  • Performance

• Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.

  

  Florence Nightingale
  • World
  • Never
  • Better

• I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.

  

  Pat Buckley
  • God
  • Nature
  • Environment

• The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.

  

  Nancy Allen
  • God
  • Love
  • Funny

• Playing music is a beautiful thing. But listening to music is just as great.

  

  Flea Jane's Addiction
  • Great
  • Music
  • Beautiful

• At every Christmas, I fail to remember the daughters' shoe sizes, and they are not growing, but grown. After ostensible hard thought about who needs what, I have failed to give good gifts; I have failed to receive good gifts.

  

  Padgett Powell
  • Good
  • Remember
  • Growing

• And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency.

  

  Warren Rudman
  • Country
  • High
  • Today

• 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.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Feel
  • Back
  • Go

• As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.

  

  Kajal Aggarwal
  • People
  • Best
  • Emotional

• I have been sober for the longest time. Oh, it's over a decade now. No joke.

  

  Dana Plato
  • Time
  • Now
  • Decade

• I think I've achieved a lot in 41 years. I like how 41 feels; I feel good. I don't like how it sounds too much.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Good
  • Think
  • Feel Good

• Marvel has such a huge slice of the pie.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Huge
  • Pie
  • Slice

• The situation in disability sport is growing, and girls like Ellie Cole are doing wonders.

  

  Natalie du Toit
  • Growing
  • Doing
  • Disability

• Jose Mourinho and I get along well. I've lots of respect for him. He gives me a lot of confidence. After a bad game, he dares to say, 'We have played with 10 today,' but that's it. At moments like that, he leaves me alone.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Bad
  • Today
  • Game

• Part of our job as storytellers is to show people pockets of the world that they don't know. The more we understand, the more we don't judge.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • People
  • World
  • Job

• I hope one day I will host my own charity event to give back to society.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Hope
  • Society
  • Day

• The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.

  

  Oscar Hammerstein II
  • People
  • Want
  • See

• The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Mind
  • Light
  • Eye

• I do all my work by storyboard, so as I draw the storyboard, the world gets more and more complex, and as a result, my North, South, East, West directions kind of shift and go off base, but it seems like my staff as well as the audience, doesn't quite realize that this has happened. Don't tell them about it.

  

  Hayao Miyazaki
  • World
  • Kind
  • Audience

• We all need to get out of our safety zones too. In addition to voting, we need to embarrass people who don't do the right thing. It's going to take citizen action.

  

  Marian Wright Edelman
  • People
  • Action
  • Safety

• I do situate myself in this problem of being a Jew who doesn't want to be represented by the state of Israel, a state that claims to represent all Jewish people and make me into a potential citizen.

  

  Judith Butler
  • Problem
  • Israel
  • Citizen