Michel Foucault Quotes
Knowledge is governed not by a theory of knowledge, but by a theory of discursive practice.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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You could put all of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's angry sermons on to one loop. You could put that loop up on the big screen at Radio City Music Hall and let it play there 24 hours a day, seven days a week and Barack Obama will still emerge as the next president of the United States.
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I'm an actor in between jobs right now, so I kind of live the life of a 7-year old.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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Anybody that believes that a country can be maintained that has no ethnic core to it or no linguistic core to it, I believe, is naive in the extreme.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
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Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
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I've not really spent much time in proper studios. The room itself where you're recording, and how you live while you're there is what appeals to me.
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All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!
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It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion or more people - without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt.
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My mother was born in Wilmington, Delaware. She's a U.S. citizen, so I'm a U.S. citizen.
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I'm very passionate, very emotional, very sensitive. I've always been like that.
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It is the heritage of anguished centuries, and it distinguishes us from all other people-us, the youngest and last people of our culture. ...
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The so-called evils are evils only in relation to a certain thing, and that which is evil in relation to a certain existing thing, either includes the non-existence of that thing or the non-existence of some of its good conditions.
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I never looked at magazines before I started modeling. I was 13 or 14, and none of my friends were into magazines. We were into the fashion of the day, though.
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It's easy to get rid of things when there is an obvious reason for doing so. It's much more difficult when there is no compelling reason.
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To be honest with you, I don't male-bash. I don't believe in male-bashing. I write about things that are natural, that happen in life.
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When an artist gets the chance to have the media sunshine on them, they’ve got to take advantage of it.
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I was always different from people. Especially being from Kentucky, I always got made fun of.
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Knowledge is governed not by a theory of knowledge, but by a theory of discursive practice.
