Simone Weil Quotes

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it.

Simone Weil

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 3, 1909 - August 24, 1943

Topics

LifeHistoryImaginationInfluence

'Hedwig' is unabashedly analog.

John Cameron Mitchell

AnalogUnabashedly

After graduating from flares and platforms in the early 1970s, I started drama school wearing a pair of khaki dungarees with one of my Dad's Army shirts, accessorised by a cat's basket doubling as a handbag. Very Lady Gaga.

Jenny Eclair

SchoolArmyLadyEarlyDramaCat

The second we see somebody on the street or meet someone, we make snap judgments about them, about who they are and why we wouldn't necessarily sit with them or why we would or what's cool or not cool.

Max Cannon

CoolSomeoneStreetMeetWhySee

Brandeis is so fast and loose and informal, I didn't have any problem offering a history course as a biologist. The barriers would be far more formidable, unscalable, at other institutions. But this is a user-friendly place. It's 'Shmedrik University' - that's a Yiddish word for even worse than schlemiel.

Jeffrey C. Hall

HistoryProblemFastPlaceBarriers

If we, as individuals, want to keep control of our democracy - rather than have a government paid for by corporate interest checks - then we have to fight back now and make sure our system reflects the belief that people, not corporations, control our democracy.

Michael Bennet

GovernmentFightPeopleDemocracy

In hip hop, 'real' has always meant one who represents in actuality what they present in imagery. For instance, once upon a time, if a rapper spoke about being gangsta, they needed to truly be that, or they were 'frontin.'

Amanda Seales

TimePresentRealRapperGangsta

People are always thinking that I'm the main character in my books, but each one has been different, and sometimes they've been men.

Sue Miller

CharacterMenPeopleThinkingAlways

Uncertainty is bad for business.

Dinesh Paliwal

BusinessUncertaintyBad

I always have a very strong sense of shaming oneself, and you can do that a lot in the public eye, so it's best avoided at all costs I think.

Chris Lowe

BestEyeStrongThinkYouAlways

Are you facing a superheated furnace? What God wants is for you to look full in the face of Jesus. Get your focus off whatever it is that appears to be unanswered and focus on the Son.

Anne Graham Lotz

SonGodFocusFaceYouLook

As far as being on the officials every five minutes, it's just not good for the game. The officials don't like it; you embarrass them, so it's just not good. Now, every now and then they might make a bad call, but officiating is hard.

Tyronn Lue

GoodGameYouBadNowHard

I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.

Twyla Tharp

BestThinkLuxuryI ThinkPushed

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