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“[T]hus one should not think that desire is repressed, for the simple reason that the law is what constitutes both desire and the lack on which it is predicated. Where there is desire, the power relation is already present: an illusion, then, to denounce this relation for a repression exerted after the event.”

Book:The History of Sexuality: An Introduction

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The History of Sexuality: An Introduction

This book delves into the evolution of human sexuality, examining its various dimensions across different societies and epochs. more

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Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault was a French philosopher known for his critical analysis of knowledge, power, and discourse. His work covered a wide range of topics, including madness, prisons, sexuality, archaeology of knowledge, and biopolitics. Foucault's ideas have had a profound impact on postmodernism, critical theory, and cultural studies. more

“We must uncover our rituals for what they are: completely arbitrary things, tied to our bourgeois way of life; it isgood-and that is the real theater-totranscend them in the manner of play, bymeans of games and irony; it is good to be dirty and bearded, to have long hair,to look like a girl when one is a boy (and vice versa); one must put "inplay," show up, transform and reversethe systems which quietly order us about.”

Way Looks Long Real Play Shows Order Girl Games Boys Hair Theater Vices Dirty Irony Ritual Tied Arbitrary Vice Versa Bourgeois Long Hair

Author:Michel Foucault

“Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor.”

Joy Values Justice Honor Commitment Charity Passionate Contribution Remarkable Fidelity Transcendent

Author:Gary Hamel

“The transformation has been unbelievable. When I started here, I worked in a place where the Sky Room was on the second floor.”

Has Beens Rooms Sky Transformation Unbelievable

Author:Don Rickles

“Every time they have tried to cut appropriations, they get a wakeup call.”

Cutting Appropriation

Author:Pat Mitchell

“Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here. If the inexpressible cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.”

Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:

“Seldom has a battle, in which greater numbers were not engaged, been so important in its consequences as that of Cowpens.”

Important Numbers Greater Battle Consequence Engaged

Book:The life of George Washington: commander in chief of the American forces, during the war which established the independence of his country, and first president of the United States

Source: The life of George Washington: commander in chief of the American forces, during the war which established the independence of his country, and first president of the United States

“The Civil Rights movement should thank God for Bull Connor. He's helped it as much as Abraham Lincoln.”

Should Rights Movement Civil Rights Thank God Bulls Abraham Civil Rights Movement

Author:John F. Kennedy

“Only the mediocre are always at their best. If your standards are low, it is easy to meet those standards every single day, every single year. But if your standard is to be the best, there will be days when you fall short of that goal. It is okay to not win every game. The only problem would be if you allow a loss or a failure to change your standards. Keep your standards intact, keep the bar set high, and continue to try your very best every day to meet those standards. If you do that, you can always be proud of the work that you do.”