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Judith Butler Quotes: Gender is not something that one is, it is something one does, an act… a doing rather than a being.
         

Gender is not something that one is, it is something one does, an act… a doing rather than a being.


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Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.

Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.



We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.

We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.



Possibility is not a luxury; it is as crucial as bread.

Possibility is not a luxury; it is as crucial as bread.



There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender... identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results.

There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender... identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results.



We form ourselves within the vocabularies that we did not choose, and sometimes we have to reject those vocabularies, or actively develop new ones.

We form ourselves within the vocabularies that we did not choose, and sometimes we have to reject those vocabularies, or actively develop new ones.



All of us, as bodies, are in the active position of figuring out how to live with and against the constructions - or norms - that help to form us.

All of us, as bodies, are in the active position of figuring out how to live with and against the constructions - or norms - that help to form us.



To operate within the matrix of power is not the same as to replicate uncritically relations of domination.

To operate within the matrix of power is not the same as to replicate uncritically relations of domination.



As we interpret ourselves differently, we also live ourselves differently.

As we interpret ourselves differently, we also live ourselves differently.



Gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original; in fact, it is a kind of imitation that produces the very notion of the original as an effect and consequence of the imitation itself.

Gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original; in fact, it is a kind of imitation that produces the very notion of the original as an effect and consequence of the imitation itself.



We act and walk and speak and talk in ways that consolidate an impression of being a man or being a woman.

We act and walk and speak and talk in ways that consolidate an impression of being a man or being a woman.





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Ruefully admitting we can neither remain children nor all become artists still less saints and mystics, we turn back, regretfully, but massively, to the time-ridden world.

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Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won't do that.

Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won't do that.



Be your own artist, and always be confident in what youre doing. If youre not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what youre doing. If youre not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.



Nothing will ever be what the Voyager mission was.

Nothing will ever be what the Voyager mission was.



Small child once you were a hope, a dream. Now you are a reality. Changing all that is to come. A love to hold our hearts forever.

Small child once you were a hope, a dream. Now you are a reality. Changing all that is to come. A love to hold our hearts forever.



I consider myself pretty lazy, but I look back and check out the stuff I've done, and I say, 'God, that's a lot of stuff for a lazy guy.' It's a paradox, I suppose, being both things.

I consider myself pretty lazy, but I look back and check out the stuff I've done, and I say, 'God, that's a lot of stuff for a lazy guy.' It's a paradox, I suppose, being both things.



The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.



Surrealism is anathema for me. Because the surrealists made a joke of everything. And I consider life a tragedy.

Surrealism is anathema for me. Because the surrealists made a joke of everything. And I consider life a tragedy.



Serving throughout the world is a great missionary force going about doing good. Missionaries teach truth. They dispel darkness. They spread joy. They bring precious souls to Christ.

Serving throughout the world is a great missionary force going about doing good. Missionaries teach truth. They dispel darkness. They spread joy. They bring precious souls to Christ.




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