Alan Sokal Quotes
A mode of thought does not become 'critical' simply by attributing that label to itself, but by virtue of its content.
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To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
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I'm afraid to fail again.
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When I was pregnant, I had the romantic idea that after the baby was born I would not only take up reading in earnest again, but also write a novel while my daughter slept in her Moses basket. Of course, I barely had time to keep up with my magazines until she started sleeping properly.
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The impression I have of Justice Warren is that he was looking for the just result in a case regardless of fixed dogma or principles and I like to think that I'm in that mold.
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Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.
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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
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Sometimes I get emotional when I'm doing 'Lonesome Valley' or 'Wildwood Rose.'
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I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
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No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.
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You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
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I get paid the same money if I'm fighting on pay-per-view or on Fight Pass, and Fight Pass is just getting started. It's the future. The Internet, many people watch it.
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War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.
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If we come to the conclusion after 90 days that the synergies are big enough to justify the efforts, then we can go to the second step, which consists of saying: what would be the best organization and conditions - including shareholdings - in order to make sure the synergies happen.
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I have great admiration for the way the Americans do business. They drive a hard bargain, but once they do it, they stick to their contracts.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.
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Though it was never a goal in life, it has occurred to me that I've met six presidents of the United States. OK, I met four of them before they became president, including Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, No. 43.
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I sort of wrongfully judged 'Mamma Mia!' for so long. I thought of it as a jukebox musical that I wasn't interested in. I was so wrong.
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Belief is thought at rest.
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A mode of thought does not become 'critical' simply by attributing that label to itself, but by virtue of its content.
