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Jean-Francois Lyotard Quotes

And today more than ever, knowing about that society involves first of all choosing what approach the inquiry will take, and that necessarily means choosing how society can answer.

Jean-Francois Lyotard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: french
Birth: August 10, 1924 - April 21, 1998

Topics

Today Society Will Knowing First

I never thought television would or could be a long-term commitment.

Jimmy Smits

Commitment Thought Television Never

People can grow from adversity as much as they do from prosperity.

Andrew Yang

Adversity People Grow Prosperity

After the war, I went to the BBC monitoring service in Caversham, a suburb of Reading. It was a big aerial system to listen to radio programmes all over the world.

Michael Bond

Service War World Reading Radio Big

I made this record in the late '80s called 'Diamonds and Dirt,' and it was a big hit. It had five No. 1's, and it was my commercial peak, really.

Rodney Crowell

Diamonds Late Dirt Big Peak Made

When I go out clubbing I can dance 'til three o'clock in the morning with just a water bottle in my hand. I love dancing to anything with a good beat really. My favorite song to dance to at the moment is probably Drake's 'Best I Ever Had.'

Jordin Sparks

Love Good Morning Water Moment Best

I was born a leader, never a follower. I never felt peer pressure. If the group goes left, I go right.

Deontay Wilder

Leader Pressure Born Go Group Never

Whenever someone says, or whenever someone harkens back to, a golden age of the U.S. - usually the '40s or '50s - 90 percent of the time, they're a straight white man.

Cole Sprouse

Age Time Man Someone Back White

Basically, I always wanted to be an author but went through all these other jobs while getting up the nerve to finally go for it with my writing! Thank goodness it worked; who knows what I might have done next?

Claudia Gray

Writing Goodness Go Done Go For It

I used to have this thing about my legs. If you look at all of the Destiny's Child albums from when I was a part of the group, you never saw me in a skirt. I was always the one who wore the pants, because I felt like my legs were too skinny.

LeToya Luckett

Child Me Destiny You Look Group

I am a nerd among nerds.

Kelly Sue DeConnick

I Am Nerds Nerd Among Am

My family was always playing music; I always enjoyed it. My cousin, who is a little older than me, he started playing music, so I wanted to, also. I asked my dad for a guitar, and he got me a banjo, so that was my introduction to playing. I played it like a guitar. I had a few lessons, learned out a few chords, and figured it out right away.

Kurt Vile

Family Music Me Guitar Introduction

We need a collective moment where we commit ourselves to long-term solutions.

Gina Raimondo

Moment Need Collective Long-Term