Erving Goffman Quotes
The self... is not an organic thing that has a specific location, whose fundamental fate is to be born, to mature, to die; it is a dramatic effect arising diffusely from a scene that is presented.
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The first 'Monsters, Inc.' represents starting at Pixar for me, I have a special place in my heart for it. So to be able to tell a story with those ideas is an honor.
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I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We are beginning to make musicals again after a long break, practically since the days of the studio structure, so perhaps we can learn a few things from Bollywood about this fun style of film-making.
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My day-to-day look is inspired by comfort, color and just how I'm feeling that day.
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Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.
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They talked about me as if I were Mother Teresa, and that every time I get a paycheck I go and send it to poor people and that we spend every free moment helping out people less fortunate. That was an enormous exaggeration.
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I cannot believe I became some kind of hero. I'm just a common Korean woman.
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I grew up in such a melting pot. There's more ethnicities in Queens than there is in any place on the planet. So you grow up knowing things about other cultures.
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The personal computer can be a virtual device.
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Love is a kind of warfare.
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Despite the generous rewards that state juries dole out, in many cases, victims receive less than 50 cents on the dollar in settlements with the lawyers taking the rest. This is not justice.
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What's more American than violence?' Hayduke wanted to know. 'Violence, it's as American as pizza pie.
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I am alive when your fingers are.
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The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.
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I've lived out West some... I've always liked the High Plains areas - eastern Colorado, eastern Wyoming, western Nebraska.
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Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.
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When you're a young English person who wants to be an actress and you have dreams, you dream of being Vanessa Redgrave or Judi Dench.
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It's far harder to love God and do his will than it is to be self absorbed and love my own will.
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Ruthless concern with story is what I learned in television.
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I think writing is a part-time career, because otherwise you get a little stale, maybe even self-indulgent, when you have to fill the hours with sentences. I don't think, if I wrote 12 hours a day, my work would be much better.
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If quantum theory is correct, it signifies the end of physics as a science.
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You don’t question Providence. If you can’t have the reality, a dream is just as good.
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Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
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The self... is not an organic thing that has a specific location, whose fundamental fate is to be born, to mature, to die; it is a dramatic effect arising diffusely from a scene that is presented.
