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There is nothing outside the text


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I was wondering myself where I am going. So I would answer you by saying, first, that I am trying, precisely, to put myself at a point so that I do not know any longer where I am going.

I was wondering myself where I am going. So I would answer you by saying, first, that I am trying, precisely, to put myself at a point so that I do not know any longer where I am going.



If I only did what I can do, I wouldn't do anything

If I only did what I can do, I wouldn't do anything



The blindness that opens the eye is not the one that darkens vision. Tears and not sight are the essence of the eye.

The blindness that opens the eye is not the one that darkens vision. Tears and not sight are the essence of the eye.



Psychoanalysis has taught that the dead – a dead parent, for example – can be more alive for us, more powerful, more scary, than the living. It is the question of ghosts.

Psychoanalysis has taught that the dead – a dead parent, for example – can be more alive for us, more powerful, more scary, than the living. It is the question of ghosts.



If things were simple, word would have gotten around.

If things were simple, word would have gotten around.



To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.

To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.



Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'Here are our monsters,' without immediately turning the monsters into pets.

Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'Here are our monsters,' without immediately turning the monsters into pets.




The traditional statement about language is that it is in itself living, and that writing is the dead part of language.

The traditional statement about language is that it is in itself living, and that writing is the dead part of language.



One often speaks without seeing, without knowing, without meaning what one says.

One often speaks without seeing, without knowing, without meaning what one says.





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The problem with my life was that it was someone else's idea.

The problem with my life was that it was someone else's idea.



Every day we are challenged by events, people and situations that are extremely frustrating and anger producing.

Every day we are challenged by events, people and situations that are extremely frustrating and anger producing.



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Hockey is my life and money is money. If you think about money, you stop playing hockey.



I create little challenges for myself, like, 'Okay, whatever you do in this song, you've got to somehow work in Greek Cypriots,' or something like that.

I create little challenges for myself, like, 'Okay, whatever you do in this song, you've got to somehow work in Greek Cypriots,' or something like that.



You cannot stop what the public want. The public want two strong women in the final round and then a woman prime minister and I'm absolutely with that.

You cannot stop what the public want. The public want two strong women in the final round and then a woman prime minister and I'm absolutely with that.



There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut to match it. I am not one of those Republicans.

There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut to match it. I am not one of those Republicans.



You're not always going to be at your best, but it better be the best you've got that day.

You're not always going to be at your best, but it better be the best you've got that day.



It is well to be independent also well not to be neutral.

It is well to be independent also well not to be neutral.



Now that I'm in the position I'm in now, I like to take all my creative ideas and put 'em on the Internet for my fans to interact with. Give 'em something to do.

Now that I'm in the position I'm in now, I like to take all my creative ideas and put 'em on the Internet for my fans to interact with. Give 'em something to do.



If it is true that men are better than women because they are stronger, why aren't our sumo wrestlers in the government?

If it is true that men are better than women because they are stronger, why aren't our sumo wrestlers in the government?




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This page presents the quote "There is nothing outside the text". Author of this quote is Jacques Derrida. This quote is about deconstruction,.