Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Quotes
When we seem to have won or lost in terms of certainties, we must, as literature teachers in the classroom, remember such warnings - let literature teach us that there are no certainties, that the process is open, and that it may be altogether salutary that it is so.
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I bought a girl roses once.
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Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.
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We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics.
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Stay in your heart.
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Like a human being, each word has a story. To understand a word, we need to learn where it was born, what paths it took to reach where it is today and how it has changed along the way.
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He who walks straight rarely falls.
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Benefit your friends; make sure your enemies suffer from being your enemies.
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I am really very, very tired of everything - more than tired.
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I'll have my way, In my own time, I'll have my say, My star will shine...
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Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror.
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It's important for the Fed, hard as it is, to attempt to detect asset bubbles while they're forming.
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When we seem to have won or lost in terms of certainties, we must, as literature teachers in the classroom, remember such warnings - let literature teach us that there are no certainties, that the process is open, and that it may be altogether salutary that it is so.
