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		Imperialism, or the conquest and colonization of other populations, other peoples, has had as one of its side effects the growth of a discourse of objectivity. That is, when you encounter something new, something strange, something different, you have to find categories for it, you have to come to terms with new objects.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. J. T. Mitchell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The American tradition of Washington and Hamilton and Madison and Lincoln and TR and Pat Buchanan is of economic nationalism - making America an independent, self-sufficient, sovereign forever country that's able to stand on its own feet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Buchanan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The team needs me out there on the field. And sometimes you allow that to jeopardize yourself, but that's just the nature of the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Calvin Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most actors can't make any kind of living. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Viggo Mortensen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think what human beings need is to be able to laugh at the absurd, hold on to ambiguity, and learn to love nuance, instead of making everything one or the other, and structurally, so much of the Internet and online publishing doesn't have room for any of that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tavi Gevinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I worked on the line, I've been an executive chef, I've worked for the Mets, I've worked for various steakhouses, vegetarian restaurants, a lot of Middle Eastern stuff. I've worked my fair share of a lot of different things. I've worked at festivals and street fairs, you know? I've been through it all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Action Bronson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Hijuelos 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Robertson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My centre of who I thought I was was never very consciously about being beautiful or attractive - I think I'm one of those people who's actually grown into their looks. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harriet Walter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have American in-laws, and I care about the environment. We don't use disposable diapers, which, of course, creates an environmental problem of our own. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yakov Smirnoff 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cara Buono 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. L. Stine 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fleur East 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		My wife - I married my onscreen girlfriend from 'Growing Pains', Mike Seaver's girlfriend, and we've been married for 17 years - so marriage is very important to us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kirk Cameron 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have to be working, doing things. That's the way I grew up and the way I was taught. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karl Malone 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I remember times when I was at shows and the person onstage locked eyes with me. And in that moment, everything was right with the world. I think that's part of my job, to create these thousands of moments every night. And for the rest of their life, they can say, 'You guys looked at me,' or 'You sweated on me,' or 'I got your gum.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Joan Jett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some batters, and good ones too, scoff at the whole theory of place hitting, calling it a myth. They are wrong, however. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edd Roush 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What we want is a social harmony, even as we live in a world where any idea about 'the real thing' is as likely to evoke the ancient memory of an advertisement for a soda pop as anything solid or necessary. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Douglas Lain 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Imperialism, or the conquest and colonization of other populations, other peoples, has had as one of its side effects the growth of a discourse of objectivity. That is, when you encounter something new, something strange, something different, you have to find categories for it, you have to come to terms with new objects. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. J. T. Mitchell