Alain Badiou Quotes
Let us say in passing that since (philosophical) remedies are often worse than the malady, our age, in order to be cured of the Plato sickness, has swallowed such doses of a relativist, vaguely skeptical, lightly spiritualist and insipidly moralist medicine, that it is in the process of gently dying, in the small bed of its supposed democratic comfort.
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I tend to love actors. I was trained as an actor first so I'm drawn to actors.
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I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool.
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Your feelings so are important to write down, to capture, and to remember because today you're heartbroken, but tomorrow you'll be in love again.
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If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.
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I've always dreamed of having a large family.
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You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.
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When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.
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E-commerce is applicable to Russia, just as it's applicable to any other market.
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The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.
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You just have to be yourself and make music you feel from your gut, and hopefully, your audience will respond.
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I just want to be the best Carly Rae I can be.
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Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship in it, at once the court and retinue pack the royal archives and treasure and move away beyond the hills.
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Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light.
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If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn't bother to find new ones.
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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Today I would say, 'I am against plastic surgery.' It's a grave act. An act that touches our soul. It was frightening.
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I am not comfortable telling people I am trying stand-up because to me that implies confidence. I'm - well, I'm not.
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Let us say in passing that since (philosophical) remedies are often worse than the malady, our age, in order to be cured of the Plato sickness, has swallowed such doses of a relativist, vaguely skeptical, lightly spiritualist and insipidly moralist medicine, that it is in the process of gently dying, in the small bed of its supposed democratic comfort.
