Michel Foucault Quotes
Politics and the economy are not things that exist, or illusions, or ideologies. They are things that do not exist and yet which are inscribed in reality and fall under a regime of truth dividing the true and the false.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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When you tell the American people, 'Read my lips. No new taxes,' that should mean no new taxes.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emotions and stories. I get so excited by that. That's the part I'm utterly addicted to.
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People, me included, have a truly emotional thing about this iPad.
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I believe that President Obama is here for a reason, but that doesn't mean that he has to stay there next year. The American people have an opportunity to have a say and so I think we just have to do what we think is right - and see what the outcome is. God's got a plan.
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I don't have a very quick sense of humor.
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I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are at the same time scared and excited because they are not well aware of what will happen.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the major achievement of President Obama's first term.
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I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already.
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I did a lot of my school on set. Some years I went to a private school for a couple of hours, and then I'd always finish up with a tutor. I couldn't do full days, but I tried to maintain my friendships and some normalcy while doing a show.
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There are no good and bad peoples; there are only leaderships that behave responsibly or insanely.
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Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me, the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating.
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The worst thing you can do after a test screening is slash it for the lowest common denominator.
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Work by George Grant called Legislating Immorality, which called for the execution of all gay people, but was kind enough to qualify it in a footnote by saying that in our judicial system we would have to give them a trial first.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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Anyone who thinks there's safety in numbers hasn't looked at the stock market pages.
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Everybody's talking about the President, we all chipped in for a bag of cement.
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Investors should be cautiously positioned as the global economy and markets face major uncertainties. The downgrade will be a further headwind to growth and job creation in the U.S.
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Politics and the economy are not things that exist, or illusions, or ideologies. They are things that do not exist and yet which are inscribed in reality and fall under a regime of truth dividing the true and the false.
