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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May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace.
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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'm never happy with what I've written. You imagine, before you start, there's a cathedral, and the moment it starts on the page, it's a garden shed. And then you just try to make it the best shed you can.
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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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It took a good deal of work behind the scenes to achieve this result and I'm glad we've got there.
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I probably owe my political dismay to New Labour, but also my growing sense that the satirical shape of human affairs is international and historical, not glued to the tawdry ambitions of a team of politicians who represent nothing but themselves.
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The theatre, when all is said and done, is not life in miniature, but life enormously magnified, life hideously exaggerated.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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It is high time to declare an end to the breastfeeding dictatorship that is drowning women in guilt and worry just when they most need support: after the birth of a child.
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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.
