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Discourse Quotes by Roland Barthes
- A paradox: the same century invented history and photography. But history is a memory fabricated according to positive formulas, a pure intellectual discourse which abolishes…
- I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient.
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- While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters… — John O. Brennan
- Visual art and writing don't exist on an aesthetic hierarchy that positions one above the other, because each is capable of things… — William S. Burroughs
- There are reasons why Religious Right Evangelicals will continue to dominate religious discourse, not only in their own sector of the Christian… — Tony Campolo
- One of the big changes in politics has been because families, individuals, have felt worried, insecure... worried about the economy, worried about… — Nick Clegg
- If bloggers are to improve our public discourse - helping busy and usually uninformed people make sense of the world - it… — Eric Alterman
- If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether… — Taisen Deshimaru
- Prayer is not a discourse. It is a form of life, the life with God. That is why it is not confined… — Jacques Ellul
- The only privilege literature deserves - and this privilege it requires in order to exist - is the privilege of being in… — Salman Rushdie
- Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as… — Henry David Thoreau
- Be not too hasty to trust or to admire the teachers of morality; they discourse like angels, but they live like men. — Samuel Johnson
- Among the sayings and discourses imputed to him (i.e. Jesus) by his biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality,… — Thomas Jefferson
- We have not known a single great scientist who could not discourse freely and interestingly with a child. Can it be that… — John Steinbeck