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However much an ideologue tries to bury [Lenin] beneath a proof by historical analysis, there is always this one man standing their on the plain… — Louis Althusser
Relations of production are first reproduced by the materiality of the processes of production and circulation. But it should not be forgotten that ideological relations… — Louis Althusser
It is safest to grasp the concept of the postmodern as an attempt to think the present historically in an age that has forgotten how… — Fredric Jameson
I have asked the secretary of the treasury to report by April 1 on whether present tax laws may be stimulating in undue amounts the… — John F. Kennedy
The present tax codes inhibit the mobility and formation of capital, add complexities and inequities which undermine the morale of the taxpayer, and make tax… — John F. Kennedy
And inasmuch as the bridge is a symbol of all such poetry as I am interested in writing it is my present fancy that a… — Hart Crane
The form of my poem rises out of a past that so overwhelms the present with its worth and vision that I'm at a loss… — Hart Crane
If I'm having a challenging moment, I jump for joy. Literally. After a minute, I feel better, and after a few minutes, I'm really happy.… — Miranda Kerr
You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way.… — Neil Simon
I like real art. It's difficult to define 'real' but it is the best word for describing what I like to get out of art… — Frank Stella
I think that people are constantly thinking about capturing things that they're not actually present for the moment they're trying to capture. I'm quite sure… — Ian MacKaye
I believe in being fully present. That means you should be with the person youâ€™re with. — Morrie Schwartz
My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do… — Ted Koppel
Those who rebelled against totalitarian rule and those who simply managed to remain themselves and think freely, were all persecuted. We should not forget any… — Vaclav Havel
Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let us be completely natural; before we trouble ourselves with the supernatural. — Margaret Fuller
Having lost our present and our future, we had of necessity to bend all our endeavors to the past, which no one could take from… — Robert Silverberg
It remains a mystery to me why some of that [pulp] fiction should be judged inferior to the rafts and rafts of bad social [literary]… — Michael Moorcock
Science fiction doesnâ€™t try to predict the future, but rather offers a significant distortion of the presentâ€¦We sit around and look at what we see… — Samuel R. Delany
If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method… — Clifford D. Simak
Fantasy is, at its best, the purest access to storytelling that we have. It universalizes a tale, it evokes wonder and timeless narrative power, it… — Guy Gavriel Kay

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