"I often say that sociology is a martial art, a means of self-defense. Basically, you use it to defend yourself, without having the right to use it for unfair attacks."

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Source : "La sociologie est un sport de combat". Documentary, May 2, 2001.

Pierre Bourdieu

#Art Quotes #Mean Quotes #Self Quotes

“If you’re not going to do it to the best of your ability, then don’t do it at all.”
“When you finally embrace the gift of your sexual orientation it IS the end; the end of shame, fear and oppression. You leave the darkness of the closet and begin a life of honesty, authenticity and freedom.”
“I did grow up in New Orleans. I grew up right on the lake, right across the levee.”

Source : "'Mad Men's' Bryan Batt takes your questions". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. May 18, 2010.
“There is one act par excellence which profanes money by going directly against the law of money, an act for which money is not made. That act is giving.”
“I used to say to myself, 'What the devil have you got to be proud about, Marilyn Monroe?' And I'd answer, 'Everything, everything.'”
“I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and think they have no redeeming qualities, but like everyone, they're complex.”
“There is nothing in the world so easy to explain as failure - it is, after all, what everybody does all the time.”
“There will be calmness, tranquility, when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed.”

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