Michel Foucault Quotes
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A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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Essentially what photography is is life lit up.
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Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
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It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.
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On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.
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Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
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I am sort of a tea addict. I structure my day by cups of tea.
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My original aim after 'The X Factor' was to earn enough money in a year to make the whole experience worth it - you know, buy a car, a flat.
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If you don't learn constantly, you don't grow, and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.
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I want to caucus in Iowa. I'll caucus all over the state. I don't caucus in California. You don't caucus where you live. It doesn't look good.
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I want to re-mythologize 'The Green Hornet' in a contemporary context, with an emphasis on story and character, while at the same time incorporating themes that speak to my heart.
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Since September 11, security has been increased everywhere, and we have new IDs to get on to the Fox lot. I drove to the security gate, but realized I'd left my ID in my other car. I just broke into that voice - 'Hey, man, I'm Bart Simpson. Who else sounds like this?' The guard waved me through.
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There is nothing important except people. A person is defined solely by the extent of his influence over other people, by the sphere of his interrelationships; and morality is an utterly meaningless term unless defined as the good one does to others, the fulfilling of one’s function in the sociopolitical whole.
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'There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.'
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In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losersI used to watch 'em through the glass.Well I'd stand outside at closing timeJust to watch her walk on past.Unlike all the other ladies, she looked so young and sweet.As she made her way alone down that empty street.Down on Mainstreet.
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Be yourself. And if you're not accepted by your family, there will be people who will accept you.
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Films come and go. Families stay.
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There are so many bands that I'm kind of aware of through media about them, and it ends up filtering my experience of the actual music.
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In industries where a lot of competitors are selling the same product - mangoes, gasoline, DVD players - price is the easiest way to distinguish yourself. The hope is that if you cut prices enough you can increase your market share, and even your profits. But this works only if your competitors won't, or can't, follow suit.
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Now, I simply do what I want.
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We're facing a danger that economics is rigorous deduction based upon faulty assumptions. Science after science gets that way from time to time. When it does, we're in real trouble.
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Total surveillance is increasingly the general condition of society as a whole.
