Michel Foucault Quotes
Thought is not what inhabits a certain conduct and gives it its meaning; rather, it is what allows one to step back from this way of acting or reacting, to present it to oneself as an object of thought and to question it as to its meaning, its conditions, and its goals. Thought is freedom in relation to what one does, the motion by which one detaches from it, establishes it as an object, and reflects on it as a problem.
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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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I was a home-schooled kid, living in the forest, and I didn't even have cable. I'm serious.
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Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.
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The person who figures out how to harness the collective genius of his or her organization is going to blow the competition away.
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Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.
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Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.
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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
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I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn't get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet if I could have.
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I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam.
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I think life gives you lemons, and the thing that I'm working on doing is not watering it down, not putting sugar in it. Just drink it straight. The more you can take life head on... it's gonna make you a better person, and then you have nothing left to be afraid of. And what an awesome way to live.
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Teams that play together beat those teams with superior players who play more as individuals.
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Not to sound too pessimistic, but I just don't see me having the film career that I maybe hoped for after 'The Birdcage.' I think people just didn't know what to do with me.
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I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.
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In the 1930s and the 1940s, we set up the FHA. We set up the Home Owners' Loan Corporation. We set up specific bureaus to make our communities look the way they look.
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I am a big Vespa enthusiast, and I enjoy the state park aspect of California. It's awfully nice to ride my little scooter through the mountains and then wind up at the ocean.
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A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals.
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My dad said to me growing up: 'When all is said and done, if you can count all your true friends on one hand, you're a lucky man.'
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In my experience, in this industry, the things that have been breakthrough have all been about connecting human beings to each other, communicating with each other.
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Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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Thought is not what inhabits a certain conduct and gives it its meaning; rather, it is what allows one to step back from this way of acting or reacting, to present it to oneself as an object of thought and to question it as to its meaning, its conditions, and its goals. Thought is freedom in relation to what one does, the motion by which one detaches from it, establishes it as an object, and reflects on it as a problem.
