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Jacques Derrida Quote: “I have always had trouble recognizing…”

I have always had trouble recognizing myself in the features of the intellectual playing his political role according to the screenplay that you are familiar with and whose heritage deserves to be questioned.

November 28, 2019 1930, French, Jacques Derrida, July 15, Quotes by Philosophers

Diane Ackerman Quote: “We’re dabbling in eugenics all the…”

We’re dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to graze cattle or erect shopping malls and condos; planting groves of a few familiar trees that homeowners and industries prefer.

November 11, 2019 1948, American, Diane Ackerman, October 7, Quotes by Poets

Charles Baudelaire Quote: “Nature is a temple in which…”

Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances.

October 7, 2019 1821, April 9, Charles Baudelaire, French, Quotes by Poets

Seamus Heaney Quote: “What I’ve said before, only half…”

What I’ve said before, only half in joke, is that everybody in Ireland is famous. Or, maybe better, say everybody is familiar.

September 24, 2019 1939, April 13, Irish, Quotes by Poets, Seamus Heaney

John Dryden Quote: “All objects lose by too familiar…”

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

September 6, 2019 1631, August 19, English, John Dryden, Quotes by Poets

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote: “He who does not become familiar…”

He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.

August 27, 2019 1772, German, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, March 10, Quotes by Poets

Fanny Howe Quote: “If someone is alone reading my…”

If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone’s notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle.

August 8, 2019 1940, American, Fanny Howe, October 15, Quotes by Poets

Alice Meynell Quote: “If there is a look of…”

If there is a look of human eyes that tells of perpetual loneliness, so there is also the familiar look that is the sign of perpetual crowds.

August 7, 2019 1847, Alice Meynell, English, Quotes by Poets, September 22

Noam Chomsky Quote: “American decline is real, though the…”

American decline is real, though the apocalyptic vision reflects the familiar ruling class perception that anything short of total control amounts to total disaster.

July 5, 2019 1928, American, December 7, Noam Chomsky, Quotes by Activists

David Chalmers Quote: “Here, the broader issues are already…”

Here, the broader issues are already familiar, and discussion has focused at a more sophisticated and detailed level. Within the philosophy of mind, the problem of consciousness is no big news.

April 18, 2019 1966, American, April 20, David Chalmers, Quotes by Philosophers

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