Ivan Illich Quotes

The college and university systems, at least, have become like television. There's a bit of this and a bit of that and some compulsory program with its components connected in a way that only a planner could understand.

Ivan Illich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sociologist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 4, 1926 - December 2, 2002

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I used to have trust with reporters. Give them scoops. Those were the old days. It's very strange, when you give a story and it doesn't come out the right way.

Joe Arpaio

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Painting is but another word for feeling.

John Constable

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As long as you keep your budgets small, there's a way of making films.

Andrea Arnold

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My character on 'Veep' doesn't have an ounce of rebellion.

Tony Hale

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It is nice to be appreciated by the youngsters.

Ronnie Corbett

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Directors, writers, and actors are interested in making movies with me. Producers and movie studio people are not interested in me as they are in Kevin Costner or Tom Cruise. That's just the fact of the matter.

Michael O'Keefe

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The thing is that we live in a presidential system with a parliamentary constitution. Congress has a lot of weight in Brazil, and the president cannot always do when he wants; he does what he can.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

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Besides Christianity and specifically Catholicism being wonderful, Christmas is intrinsic to American culture and worth defending. Think of what happens at Christmas time. People play Mariah Carey Christmas songs... What else do you need in life?

Milo Yiannopoulos

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Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.

Lord Byron

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Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.

Denis Leary

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I realized immediately that this was a terribly important discovery, but I didn't realize how important it would be until we had spent a lot of time in the laboratory studying it.

Donald Johanson

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Building secure products actually makes for a safer world; many people in law enforcement may not agree with that.

Brian Acton

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