Michel Foucault Quotes
Psychoanalysis can unravel some of the forms of madness; it remains a stranger to the sovereign enterprise of unreason. It can neither limit nor transcribe, nor most certainly explain, what is essential in this enterprise.
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Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.
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If 'Chicago Fire' goes for a long run, maybe I'll look for a place, but in my line of work, you can't throw your eggs into one basket because you might have to move. I'm not big on 'things,' though, so I don't own TVs, couches or cars because I wouldn't know where to put them.
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Girls shouldn't throw away their lives. They have the opportunity to not have 25 children - to make something of themselves, and use their brains and creativity. I'm just thrilled about that.
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I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.
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When I come to London, I always like to see what's playing at the NFT.
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You have to protect yourself at all times. What goes around comes around.
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I'm not a wimpy kid at all. I don't care what other people think - I only care what I think about myself.
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The attempts to command the climate and decide about the temperature on our planet are wrong and arrogant. I wrote a book about it which was published in English under the title 'Blue Planet in Green Shackles.'
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I personally don't feel the need to be radical for its own sake, but I probably couldn't if I tried anyway.
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It is not often that we use language correctly; usually we use it incorrectly, though we understand each others meaning.
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I don't think they packed it in. I just thought we played great defense. I thought we moved the ball incredibly well and got open shot after open shot.
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The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are approaching a tipping point beyond which the opportunity to reverse the damage of CO2 emissions will disappear.
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I hope to continue the great tradition that you have created for us in this state of leadership in Albany.
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Now I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil.
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I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.
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The best stock a man can invest in, is the stock of a farm; the best shares are plow shares; and the best banks are the fertile banks of a rural stream; the more these are broken the better dividends they pay.
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How can you hide from what never goes away?
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It is entirely possible that behind the perception of our senses, worlds are hidden of which we are unaware.
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I've always loved performing and, especially, love for the people. That's what keeps me going.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
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Somewhere between sanity and madness lays a fine line, for some it is a tightrope walked daily, a fight for balance to be won or lost. That fight is lost one of two ways. Some simply lose their balance and fall, others are pushed.
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I try to listen to my children. I try to change with my children.
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Psychoanalysis can unravel some of the forms of madness; it remains a stranger to the sovereign enterprise of unreason. It can neither limit nor transcribe, nor most certainly explain, what is essential in this enterprise.
