It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sedona is beautiful, but your soul is even more beautiful.

Jews have been the most successful and productive nation in history.

I believe that I have a platform because God blessed me with the talent to play football. Having that talent, my job is to be responsible with it.

Money is a public good; as such, it lends itself to private exploitation.

And you learn [how to win] starting in the minor leagues, by winning day in and day out.

The first thing I'll do if elected is demand a recount.

I didn't think one day something would happen that would bring me back to Wall Street to write what is essentially a sequel.

We invent our technologies and then we turn around and use our technologies to reinvent ourselves as individuals, communities and cultures.

I don't know why I have these dreams. I've never wanted to be Pope. In fact, I have a greater affinity to Martin Luther.

Women, are a map, Avik. You've got to understand their longitude, and how much latitude you can take.