Judith Butler Quotes
It's important that if one opposes discriminatory speech, one opposes all kinds. That is that one decides on a principle that it will include all minorities. But if the protection of one minority against another minority is what is happening, then I worry about that.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
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I've always loved projects where I can combine acting and music.
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I have this board in my house that lists out all the things that I love about myself. It's a board of affirmations, and it serves me well.
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In our gliding experiments we had had a number of experiences in which we had landed upon one wing, but the crushing of the wing had absorbed the shock, so that we were not uneasy about the motor in case of a landing of that kind.
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Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
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Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.
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Take life slowly and deliberately, making sure to acknowledge the people who have helped you succeed along the way.
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If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.
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I am one of those people that's never been really cynical about life, you know.
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I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter. I thought that this electric typewriter was about the most fascinating toy in the world - I liked the little bell and the sounds and the feel of the keys and especially the erase key.
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It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.
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I haven't received any pressure to be anything other than myself, and for that, I am so grateful.
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What I do is not some magical, mystical thing. I simply get up in the morning, get to work on time, say my lines, and do the best I can.
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I'll never be mistaken for Pat Boone.
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He that would run his company on visible figures alone will in time have neither company nor figures.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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Southern Jews is good Jews. It the Yankees I worry about.
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It's important that if one opposes discriminatory speech, one opposes all kinds. That is that one decides on a principle that it will include all minorities. But if the protection of one minority against another minority is what is happening, then I worry about that.
