"There is nothing outside the text"

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Source : Of Grammatology pt. 2, sec. 2 (1967)

Jacques Derrida

“Mathematics is the art of explanation. If you deny students the opportunity to engage in this activity-- to pose their own problems, to make their own conjectures and discoveries, to be wrong, to be creatively frustrated, to have an inspiration, and to cobble together their own explanations and proofs-- you deny them mathematics itself.”
“It was because all we wanted was each other's constant love and attention and for no one else to receive that love and attention, which is a selfish and difficult place to be in a relationship. We were emotionally retarded, and that was the best we could do at the time.”
“A sponge sees everything? A sponge sees nothing.”
“Writing songs is not something I wanted to share with people for a long time. It was precious to me. I didnt want someone to crush it. I waited until I felt strong enough to take the criticism.”
“Use half as many words and they'll hit twice as hard.”
“To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can do.”
“Dance is the pure language of the soul - it's been with us from the very beginning.”
“Fortunately, I was still living in Los Angeles at the time. So I went out to World Gym and got a membership.”

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