Ian Hacking Quotes
Foucault's genius is to go down to the little dramas, dress them in facts hardly anyone else has noticed, and turn these stage settings into clues to a hitherto un-thought series of confrontations out of which, he contends, the orderly structure of society is composed.
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The difference between Amazon and us is Amazon is more like an empire - everything they control themselves, buy and sell.
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If I was a bajillionaire, I would spend a lot of time at Barneys just buying all kinds of great things all the time. I would have so many black cashmeres it would be out of control. I like the way nice things feel very much.
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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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I don't like to read reviews. Even the good ones you start to analyze: 'Oh, did I do that? I have to make sure I do that again.'
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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I started growing my audience in small clubs through word-of-mouth. I started making music that isn't necessarily commercially viable, and it's not necessarily marketable to my peers to a certain extent.
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I've always been interested in strange foods, coming from all different places.
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Happiness is not something that just comes to you. It's an active process.
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Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.
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She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
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I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be defined or pigeonholed by any one of the many elements that make up my character.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.
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First of all, we haven't always welcomed immigrants.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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There's an old joke that politics is Hollywood for ugly people. An awful lot of the press coverage about Washington reads like coverage of Hollywood. Madonna is having some spat with Sean Penn. Who cares? And who cares which politician is mad at that politician?
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I listen to a lot of jazz. I'm a big Sinatra geek. I love Chet Baker.
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You always know the mark of a coward. A coward hides behind freedom. A brave person stands in front of freedom and defends it for others.
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Capitalism is, fundamentally, an economic system that promotes inequality.
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As we struggle to overcome our troubles, we are making history and fulling our destiny. Keep pressing!
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Foucault's genius is to go down to the little dramas, dress them in facts hardly anyone else has noticed, and turn these stage settings into clues to a hitherto un-thought series of confrontations out of which, he contends, the orderly structure of society is composed.
