Michel Foucault Quotes
To punish is the most difficult thing there is. A society such as ours needs to question every aspect of punishment as it is practiced everywhere: in the army, the schools, the factories.
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
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I'm afraid to fail again.
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I'm half Puerto Rican and every Friday we have rice and beans and chicken in my house - so that's like a very Latin staple. It's just so comforting. I look forward to every single Friday because I just can't wait for my rice and beans and chicken.
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A month alone would make me so happy. Not good for my dating prospects.
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It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.
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The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinist, football player - has to be the best. Why not me?
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Feminists have confused opportunity with outcome.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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I don't feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there's something that I really did do. I believe I'm just ordinary. And I'd like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people.
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Whereas if you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
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It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.
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That's the really neat thing about Dan Quayle, as you must have realized from the first moment you looked into those lovely blue eyes: impeachment insurance.
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I want Bolivians to support their president.
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I would listen to how they told the story, to what elements they used, to how it sounded, and that's who I patterned myself after, the people who were on CBS News.
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Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Legislature's strong commitment to increase access to Advanced Placement courses continues to pay off.
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Sometimes I'm fascinated with how famous my work could be while I'm not so famous.
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Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.
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You always have nerves. And it's important to respect your nerves and your doubts. And then you have to ultimately overcome them.
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Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.
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To punish is the most difficult thing there is. A society such as ours needs to question every aspect of punishment as it is practiced everywhere: in the army, the schools, the factories.
