Michel Foucault Quotes
The imaginary is not formed in opposition to reality as its denial or compensation; it grows among signs, from book to book, in the interstice of repetitions and commentaries; it is born and takes shape in the interval between books. It is the phenomena of the library.Michel Foucault
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
Harmony Korine -
The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.
Kapil Sibal -
It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
Carice van Houten -
Superman's always chasing after someone who just mugged somebody, and I've never seen that happen in my life.
Daniel Clowes -
I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
Adam Gopnik -
I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train myself. Because when you get a train, you've got to have an engine and a caboose. I think it's better to train the caboose. You train yourself, you strain yourself.
Captain Beefheart
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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
Frances Wright -
Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.
Irving Fisher -
If we have white persons in the March, we are certain to have trouble with the Communists, and it may not be viewed as a true expression of the Negro's protest.
A. Philip Randolph -
I don't want to die an old lady.
Edith Piaf -
A library implies an act of faith.
Victor Hugo -
It's interesting sometimes when an audience can empathize with a villain.
Jack Gleeson
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I'm one of the first invention capitalists.
Nathan Myhrvold -
Some people say a front-engine car handles best. Some people say a rear-engine car handles best. I say a rented car handles best.
P. J. O'Rourke -
On his good mornings, I don't suppose there are more than a handful of men in the W. 1 postal district of London swifter to spot oompus-boompus than Bertram Wooster, and this was one of my particularly good mornings. I saw the whole hideous plot.
P. G. Wodehouse -
It seemed to be pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them.
Oliver Goldsmith -
Reason is lost reasoning.
Antonio Porchia -
The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers.
Chris O'Dowd
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What does get hard is when I'm put in the box of, 'Oh, she just woke up one day, did a reality show, and decided she wants to be a singer.' That's offensive, and it's not the case with me.
Jessie James Decker -
I don't want to be a reality retro star.
Bret Michael Sychak Poison -
Once all the power goes out, there will still be human beings standing together around a campfire, playing acoustic guitars.
James Edward Olliges Jr. -
My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas.
C. L. R. James -
My joy in learning is partly that it enables me to teach.
Seneca the Younger -
The imaginary is not formed in opposition to reality as its denial or compensation; it grows among signs, from book to book, in the interstice of repetitions and commentaries; it is born and takes shape in the interval between books. It is the phenomena of the library.
Michel Foucault