Michel Foucault Quotes
One cannot attend to oneself, take care of oneself, without a relationship to another person.
Quotes to Explore
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The Western day is indeed nearing when the inner science of self-control will be found as necessary as the outer conquest of nature. This new Atomic Age will see men's minds sobered and broadened by the now scientifically indisputable truth that matter is in reality a concentrate of energy.
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When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.
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A mom can't afford to be sick.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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All business leaders need to be technologists, as every industry now has a Netflix or an Uber on the horizon, threatening to upend business as usual. Apps are driving this disruption, and every enterprise needs to become an app company.
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It is a poor cause which has to be lied for regularly.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
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My parents are both average size. For them to have a child who was very, very different and very, very small must have been incredibly hard.
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Know that the tattoos are all significant. They're all extremely insignificant. I can't break each one down, but it's 20 years. The first one was 21 years of age from a football teammate.
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Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
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In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee.
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My dad worked two jobs his whole life, and so I told him he's the reason I have 20 jobs.
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I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments.
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Building new roads and bridges creates jobs. Growing our exports creates jobs. Reforming our outdated tax system and our broken immigration system creates jobs.
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My advice to female directors is not to wait until you feel like your ideas have been pre-certified or until you think you've gotten some approval for them. Then it's too late! Follow your gut. That's hard to do, but the only way to be original.
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The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything.
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First of all, returning from motherhood, I was looking for something lighter, and I wasn't as much attracted to Kate as I was to the relationship between the two people.
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You have to surround yourself with friends and loved ones because they're the only ones that will fight for you. It's always a battle to get the extra feeling in there, to push it further, to lose yourself. We can't be living constantly with some numb relationship.
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Better to be a loving person without knowing how you got there, than an expert no one can stand to be around.
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One cannot attend to oneself, take care of oneself, without a relationship to another person.
