"Distinction between species and specimen is very much like the distinction between images and actual pictures, or, you know, objects that have a definite material identity. The classifications, the categories, the stereotypes, and the images are on one side, and the material pictures, statues, texts, and so forth are on the other."

-- W. J. T. Mitchell

#Identity Quotes #Sides Quotes #Stereotype Quotes

“It is pointless for a woman to be young unless pretty, or to be pretty unless young.”
“I'm all about being self-deprecating because I think it's hilarious. Any actor who takes themselves seriously just needs to stop being such a piece of s**t.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“Parapsychology seems to be growing further away from the progress and excitement of the rest of consciousness studies.”

Source : Susan Blackmore (2013). “Consciousness: An Introduction”, p.359, Routledge
“Why is there such insistence that AGW has occurred and needs drastic solutions? This is a puzzle, but my short answer is that the IPCC has been built on the AGW proposition and of course keeps plugging it, whatever the data say. The IPCC has considerable clout. Most people shy off inspecting the evidence because it looks like science and must therefore be hard. The media have been captured by AGW (it makes for great stories), the environmental movement and the Greens love it, and business is reluctant to get involved.”
“Only among people who think no evil can Evil monstrously flourish.”
“You have to be an outsider to write,”
“I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.”
“It's not like I'm anti-China. I just think it's ridiculous that we allow them to do what they're doing to this country, with the manipulation of the currency, that you write about and understand, and all of the other things that they do.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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