Georges Bataille Quotes
Not every woman is a prostitute, but prostitution is the natural apotheosis of the feminine attitude.
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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Sometimes I don't know whether a movie has been shot on film or in digital when I watch it in the theatres.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
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Detroit's industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.
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Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.
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I drove across country in my yellow 1970 VW bug (which I drove until 1986) to Los Angeles, having had enough cold weather in 5 years in Ann Arbor, and found a job within a few days.
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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I'm always amused when the 'New York Times' writes editorials trying to be helpful to Republicans and say, 'This is the way Republicans can save themselves.' Look, the 'New York Times' disagrees with us. They're entitled to disagree with us, but it's not like we should take their advice.
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Colorado cannot afford to become the next California, with skyrocketing taxes that hurt our state's economy and our quality of life.
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A poet who is a bad man is a degraded being, baser and more culpable than a bad man who is not a poet.
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I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids.
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We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.
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One of Britain's big problems throughout history has been that we lust after consumer goods from elsewhere, but our friends overseas have been less enthusiastic about buying things we produce.
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When I was 14 years old, I was talking about much more mature things because of the writers that I had at the time. My first album was tied into what the culture was at that moment, which was Jodeci, Al B. Sure, Puff, The Hitmen. I reaped the benefits of being part of Bad Boy's movement. That was my introduction.
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I always wanted to get out of Tokyo and in 1977, New York seemed like the most interesting place to visit. I didn't intend to live here- I just wanted to get out and see what was happening. I just happened to stay here then.
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I like the work that I get to do.
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If my life depended on being a social-media person in terms of talking myself up, I probably would be in trouble because - not that I wouldn't be able to step up to it - but I wouldn't love it. I wouldn't want to be that person; that wouldn't be my natural thing.
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There's nothing stronger than a woman protecting her child.
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A well-functioning democracy has a culture of free speech, not simply legal protection of free speech. It encourages independence of mind. It imparts a willingness to challenge prevailing opinion through both words and deeds. Equally important, it encourages a certain set of attitudes in listeners, one that gives a respectful hearing to those who do not embrace the conventional wisdom. In a culture of free speech, the attitude of listeners is no less important than that of speakers.
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A responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.
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If the courts regarded tweets and other social media information as private, it would not prevent the law enforcement from getting information it really needs. But the government would have to get a search warrant, which requires it to show that it has probable cause connecting what is being searched to a crime.
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ALL IMPULSES OF THOUGHT HAVE A TENDENCY TO CLOTHE THEMSELVES IN THEIR PHYSICAL EQUIVALENT.
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Not every woman is a prostitute, but prostitution is the natural apotheosis of the feminine attitude.
