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Inspirational Quotes by Judith Butler
- Gender is not something that one is, it is something one does, an act… a doing rather than a being.
- Perhaps the promise of phallus is always dissatisfying in some way.
- I was off to Yale to be a lesbian
- I think that every sexual position is fundamentally comic.
- Let's face it. We're undone by each other. And if we're not, we're missing something.
- To operate within the matrix of power is not the same as to replicate uncritically relations of domination.
- Possibility is not a luxury; it is as crucial as bread.
- What is most important is to cease legislating for all lives what is liveable only for some, and similarly, to refrain from proscribing for all…
- We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento