Jacques Derrida Quotes

If this work seems so threatening, this is because it isn't simply eccentric or strange, but competent, rigorously argued, and carrying conviction.

Jacques Derrida

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: July 15, 1930 - October 8, 2004

Topics

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My wife is my favorite actress. Without question. I have seen more jaws drop in little theaters when people see my wife up on that stage than you can imagine.

Jim Parrack

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I haven't got a writer's discipline.

Jim Broadbent

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I love being a writer. I have a great life. I get up in the morning and pad around in my dressing gown and listen to Radio 4.

John Niven

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I happen to go for the simplest, most ordinary things. The extraordinary doesn't interest me. I'm not interested in psychotics. I'm interested in the person you don't expect to have a story. I like Everyman.

John Hughes

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The older you get, and the more you're in this business, the more you kind of feel like, 'Why don't we just do it my way?'

Jeff Daniels

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The three actors I admire the most are all dead. Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and the French actor, Jean Gabin. They're all very natural, sort of masculine without being overly macho.

Michael Caine

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The very beautiful and very touching thing about opera singers is they are very willing to do whatever you want. Unlike actors, who constantly want to know why they're doing something, opera singers will sort of follow you into the fires of hell.

Simon McBurney

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If you are who you are on stage, people pay attention.

Rita Rudner

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Sure, cricket on a beach on the isle of Jura is different from a Test match in a stadium in Galle, 6000 miles away, despite the sea air.

Romesh Gunesekera

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Success is not in never failing, but rising everytime you fall!

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

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Smaller portions of good foods are more satisfying than larger portions of junk foods, especially if you pay attention to what you're eating.

Dean Ornish

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I don't try to be someone I'm not - I've always followed my heart and trance has always been my main sound.

Armin van Buuren

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