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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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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One of the best movies of the year was 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes.' That's not just an action movie - it's a prison film.
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I've been down a long road;I'd become a stranger to myself.Digging in my heels and hoping time might be kinder if I wait it out.But nothing came from wanting.And I became so small and insecure.Didn't know the cost of all I'd lost till I found it fresh and new again.
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The word 'iconic' is used too frequently - an icon is a statue carved in wood. It was shocking at first, when I got that reference. It was a responsibility, and it's impossible to live up to - you're supposed to be dead, for one thing.
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Now the goodness that we have to consider is clearly human goodness, since the good or happiness which we set out to seek was human good and human happiness. But human goodness means in our view excellence of soul, not excellence of body.
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There's certain people you want to see in comedies; there's certain people you just want to see in dramas. Not that there aren't individuals who do both, but it's not everyone.
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One cannot attend to oneself, take care of oneself, without a relationship to another person.
