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Roland Barthes Quotes

Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire.

Roland Barthes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: french
Birth: November 12, 1915 - March 26, 1980

Topics

Words Language Skin Desire Against

Despite reforms in steroid control, serious problems still occur in and out of baseball.

Jim Sensenbrenner

Baseball Control Problems Serious

I used to be neurotic. I didn't like myself very much. But somewhere in my mid-40s, my neuroses stopped seeming so important. I developed a sense of humor.

Joanne Woodward

Myself Humor Sense Of Humor Important

The thing that's depressing is teaching graduate students today and discovering that they don't know simple elemental facts of grammar. They really do not know how to scan a line; they've never been taught to scan a line. Many of them don't know the difference between 'lie' and 'lay,' let alone 'its' and 'it's.' And they're in graduate school!

Maxine Kumin

Today Alone Simple Lie School Facts

Eviction riots erupted during the Depression, though the number of poor families who faced eviction each year was a fraction of what it is today.

Matthew Desmond

Today Depression Year Poor Fraction

I still don't really think about acting that much. I just do it.

Anna Paquin

Think Acting Just Do It Just Still

To write what is not dead on the page, one has to be open to all kinds of disturbances and challenges and confusion.

Amitava Kumar

Challenges Page Dead Write Confusion

The forces that led to radical Islam, the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda, Islamic State, can ultimately only be defeated by moderate Muslims around the globe, countries like U.A.E. that have led the fight within their own border to promote tolerance.

Tom Cotton

Fight Border Brotherhood Tolerance

Anything you rely on can become a crutch. And disabled or not, when you rely on something, that is what will cripple you.

RJ Mitte

You Will Become Anything Something

When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish.

Desmond Tutu

Dreams Future Child Face Think See

It's tough to be a mother. At any age. It's tough. It's a lot of work.

Chirlane McCray

Work Mother Age Tough Lot Any

Well actually, we are working on the live album from the shows in Japan. I'm trying to get that finished.

Bootsy Collins

Live Trying Well Working Get Japan

Our challenge is to stop people from driving drunk. Punishing them afterwards doesn't bring back the victim or make the family feel better. The idea is to stop the DWI before it happens.

Pete Gallego

Family Challenge People Better Feel