"What is called "objectivity," scientific for instance (in which I firmly believe, in a given situation) imposes itself only within a context which is extremely vast, old, firmly established, or rooted in a network of conventions ... and yet which still remains a context."

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Source : "Limited Inc". Book by Jacques Derrida, 1977.

Jacques Derrida

#Believe Quotes #Objectivity Quotes #Conventions Quotes

“If my eyes could show my soul,everyone would cry when they saw me smile.”
“I believe you can remember the future as much as the past”
“I feel like if I ever got into some sort of rumble on the street, I will actually be able to defend myself.”
“Much of our national debate proceeds as if China and America were locked in a zero-sum game in which one's loss is precisely the other's gain.”
“Maybe that sounds a bit pretentious, but I think life experience is always more important than technical knowledge.”
“All great art is a visual form of prayer.”
“In Paris they have special wheelchairs that go through every doorway. They don't change the doorways, they change the wheelchairs. To hell with the people! If someone weighs a couple more pounds, that's it!”
“I've always sort of admired and respected one's ability to be comfortable with other people's discomfort or, you know, their being comfortable making other people uncomfortable.”

Source : "Timothy Olyphant: 'Justified' In Laying Down The Law". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. March 28, 2011.

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