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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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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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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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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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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I believe we need a more opportunistic and democratic approach to lunar exploration, now that we're shifting from U.S. government-sponsored space exploration to private expeditions.
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The Vatican has to strike a difficult balance between running a country and running a religious institution.
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It was not necessary and might even have been disadvantageous for a government to claim a direct personal commission and communion of the kind God had given some rulers in the Old Testament. A working government might need the support of the Church but not of God Himself in a voice from on high.
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You deserve a longer letter than this; but it is my unhappy fate seldom to treat people so well as they deserve.
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In addition to advocating for smart policies that best serve our heroes, it is also my role as a Member of Congress to advocate for our veterans when working with federal agencies.
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I see a lot of opportunity in Internet-related start-ups, and second is the solar business.
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I'd never been on tour until I met the Rudimental boys. Never done a live show in front of an audience.
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The thing is, if I ever found a guy I could fall in love with, I'd want to marry him and have his children. And that scares me to death because I think I'm a whole bunch of crazy, and I always worry that a guy will walk away once he really, truly knows me.
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No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
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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.
