Hamid Dabashi Quotes
Racism consists in devaluing the humanity of certain people by dismissing it or playing it down even when not intentional at the same time as highlighting and playing up European philosophy, assuming it to be universal. It may be global, because it piggybacks on imperial expansion, but it certainly cannot be universal.
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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I am not sure that you, the younger generations, will like to go to war that we went through. So, we learn as the mistakes are being committed.
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I was mostly an indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport alongside their degrees, I wrote. I used to work on essays and classwork during the day and 'The Bone Season' in the evenings.
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Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
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The wonderful drama teacher at my high school, Barbara Patterson, saw me standing in the hall and told me I should audition for 'West Side Story.' I guess she thought I looked like a gang member.
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My favorite big city would have to be Chicago. I lived in Indiana for several years and would always go into the city with my family for Cubs games or to visit the aquarium and museums on field trips.
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Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it.
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Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
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Top knots are the easiest thing to create.
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Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
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Charles McCarry is the best modern writer on the subject of intrigue - by the breadth of Alan Furst, by the fathom of Eric Ambler, by any measure.
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I do worry about young people in the business who have experienced a lot of success and are punted around doing those manic publicity trails, when you don't really know who you are yet.
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An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.
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Deus seu Natura
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Jellicle Cats come out tonight, Jellicle Cats come one come all: The Jellicle Moon is shining bright - Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball.
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We can never say it often or loudly enough: Immigrants and refugees revitalize and renew America.
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We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life.
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At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.
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Art is like politics. Any theory carried too far ends in sterility, and freshness is only gained by following some other line.
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Fundamental to everything the ancient Greeks achieved was their conviction that good for humanity was possible only if men were free, body, mind, and spirit, and if each man limited his own freedom. A good state or work of art or piece of thinking was possible only through the self-mastery of the free individual, self-government.
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Humanity is exalted not because we are so far above other living creatures, but because knowing them well elevates the very concept of life.
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I consider the decision of my colleagues and friends to be the best birthday present.
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Racism consists in devaluing the humanity of certain people by dismissing it or playing it down even when not intentional at the same time as highlighting and playing up European philosophy, assuming it to be universal. It may be global, because it piggybacks on imperial expansion, but it certainly cannot be universal.
