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It is silly to call fat people ''gravitationally challenged'' - a self-righteous fetishism of language which is no more than a symptom…
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Language, identity and forms of life are the terms in which political demands are shaped and voiced.
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From the viewpoint of political power, culture is absolutely vital. So vital, indeed, that power cannot operate without it. It is culture,…
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[F]or the most part football these days is the opium of the people, not to speak of their crack cocaine. Its icon…
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Genuine equality means not treating everyone the same, but attending equally to everyone’s different needs.
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It is capitalism, not Marxism, that trades in futures.
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Being brought up in a culture is a matter of learning appropriate forms of feeling as much as particular ways of thinking.
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An enlightened trust in the sovereignty of human reason can be every bit as magical as the exploits of Merlin, and a…
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Gradually, ... the aspect of science as knowledge is being thrust into the background by the aspect of science as the power…
— Bertrand Russell
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When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot become manifest, strength cannot be exerted, wealth is useless, and reason is…
— Herophilos
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Now the images and temples constructed by mechanics are made of inert matter, so that they too are inert, material, and profane.…
— Clement of Alexandria
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Art cannot be used to show the validity of Christianity; it should rather be the reverse.
— Hans Rookmaaker
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As great a picture can be made as one's mental capacity-no greater. Art cannot be taught; it must be self-inspiration, though the…
— Edward Weston
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All good art cannot help but confront denial on its way to truth.
— Pete Townshend
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Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could…
— Herbert Marcuse
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It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.
— Andrei Tarkovsky
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