Avital Ronell Quotes
Giorgio Agamben is possibly the most delicate and probing thinker since Walter Benjamin.
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Any acceleration constitutes progress, Miss Glory. Nature had no understanding of the modern rate of work. From a technical standpoint the whole of childhood is pure nonsense. Simply wasted time. An untenable waste of time.
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It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
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What makes things exciting in life is to overcome your challenges and get creative and think outside of the box.
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I came from a real tough neighborhood. I put my hand in some cement and felt another hand.
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Creativity is the foundation of wealth. All progress comes from the creative minority. Under capitalism, wealth is less a stock of goods than a flow of ideas, the defining characteristic of which is surprise. If it were not surprising, we could plan it, and socialism would work.
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I think (West Virginia) played with a great deal of heart and determination. They were small, but they fought hard. I don't know if we overlooked them, but there is no point complaining about it. We deserved to lose.
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Bad cooks - and the utter lack of reason in the kitchen - have delayed human development longest and impaired it most.
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There's something in a flying horse, There's something in a huge balloon.
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Music has never been at a better time then it is right now, we're really lucky to be a part of this wonderful thing called music.
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How could I have ever for a moment believed I wasn't in love with him?
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I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love.
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Make use of time, let not advantage slip; Beauty within itself should not be wasted: Fair flowers that are not gather'd in their prime Rot and consume themselves in little time.
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He's a gypsy killer. He has a special gypsy killing knife.
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I think life is cotton candy on a rainy day. For those who grew up with cotton candy the old-fashioned way, it is very delicate. Pre-made cotton candy that has preservatives is not nearly as good or true. True cotton candy is sugar, color, and air and it melts very quickly. That was the metaphor - it can't be preserved, it can't be put aside, it can't be banked. It has to be experienced, like life.
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She's like a queen, magnificently tall, with a lovely figure, a stately neck, and a face of the most delicate and finished modelling: the flow of surface from the temples over the cheek is exactly like the carving of a Phidean goddess
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Giorgio Agamben is possibly the most delicate and probing thinker since Walter Benjamin.
