"These critics organize and practice in my case a sort of obsessive personality cult which philosophers should know how to question and above all, to moderate."

-- Jacques Derrida

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“No two directors make the same film the same way.”
“We cheer the presence of an openly gay woman or man on television there are large numbers of people in Virginia and other states who see these public affirmations as another step towards the country's oblivion.”
“There is a reason why conservatives talk about 'government' and not 'self-government,' because to refer to the latter is to concede that 'the government' is really the most basic product of our political commonwealth, that it is what we produce among ourselves so as to order the production of everything else that we do together.”

Source : "The President Finally Accepts America for Ourselves" by Charlie Pierce, www.esquire.com. July 27, 2015.
“I gravitated to acting out of a mixture of instinct, naivete and opportunity.”
“The world goes on, as stupid and brutal as tomorrow as it was today. And though I am shuddering with pain, and twisting with pain, and sobbing with pain, i laugh.Because I know now. I know the answer. I know the truth. Oh,dead man, you are dead wrong, I tell him.Can't you see? The world goes on, stupid and brutal, but I [do not. I do not.]”

Source : Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “Revolution”, p.245, Bloomsbury Publishing
“My direction? Anywhere. Because one is always nearer by not keeping still.”

Source : 1957 'On the Move'.
“Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may not appear great.”
“A couple of kind words can not only make aÂ person's day, but earn you a friend and supporter for life. For the rest of the week, whenever you see someone you want toÂ judge negatively, pay them a compliment instead. See whatÂ happens.”

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