"I do not deny certain kinds of biological differences. But I always ask under what conditions, under what discursive and institutional conditions, do certain biological differences - and they're not necessary ones, given the anomalous state of bodies in the world - become the salient characteristics of sex."

-- Judith Butler

#Sex Quotes #Differences Quotes #World Quotes

“War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.”
“Man can only be certain about the present moment. But is that quite true either? Can he really know the present? Is he in a position to make any judgment about it? Certainly not. For how can a person with no knowledge of the future understand the meaning of the present? If we do not know what future the present is leading us toward, how can we say whether this present is good or bad, whether it deserves our concurrence, or our suspicion, or our hatred?”
“Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.”
“I knew I had to be in football, but I didn't know what that looked like. I made a pact with myself that I would stand up for that challenge. I had no idea how big that would be. There were no jobs for women in football, and my work was elsewhere, but I kept with my passion, and thankfully, it ended up opening up doors.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“If we hold the married man accountable for finances gone legally awry, then the married woman should be held accountable for children who go awry.”
“...the poet, while creating anew, is likely to be in a sense restoring something old.”

Source : Owen Barfield (1973). “Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning”, p.158, Wesleyan University Press
“If money had been the way to save the world, Christ himself would have been rich.”
“A dog gladly admits the superiority of his master over himself, accepts his judgment as final, but, contrary to what dog-lovers believe, he does not consider himself as a slave. His submission is voluntary, and he expects his own small rights to be respected.”

Source : Axel Munthe (1930). “The Story of San Michele”

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