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The dictionary is, however, only a rough draft.


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Language casts sheaves of reality upon the social body, stamping it and violently shaping it.

Language casts sheaves of reality upon the social body, stamping it and violently shaping it.



... I am with fire between my teeth and still nothing but my blank page.

... I am with fire between my teeth and still nothing but my blank page.



Today, together, let us repeat as our slogan that all trace of violence must disappear from this earth, then the sun will be honey-colored and music good to hear.

Today, together, let us repeat as our slogan that all trace of violence must disappear from this earth, then the sun will be honey-colored and music good to hear.



Not only do we naturalize history, but also consequently we naturalize the social phenomena which express our oppression, making change impossible

Not only do we naturalize history, but also consequently we naturalize the social phenomena which express our oppression, making change impossible



The class struggle is precisely that which resolves the contradictions between two opposed classes by abolishing them at the same time that it constitutes and reveals them as classes.

The class struggle is precisely that which resolves the contradictions between two opposed classes by abolishing them at the same time that it constitutes and reveals them as classes.



The basic agreement between human beings, indeed what makes them human and makes them social, is language.

The basic agreement between human beings, indeed what makes them human and makes them social, is language.



Remember. Or, failing that, invent.

Remember. Or, failing that, invent.



I feel a near passion for intelligence at grips with itself and not letting go.

I feel a near passion for intelligence at grips with itself and not letting go.



It is quite possible for a work of literature to operate as a war machine upon its epoch.

It is quite possible for a work of literature to operate as a war machine upon its epoch.



there is no 'feminine writing' ... and one makes a mistake is using and giving currency to this expression.

there is no 'feminine writing' ... and one makes a mistake is using and giving currency to this expression.





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Character and intelligence are the poles you talent spins on, displaying your gifts.



Music, from being an ordered succession of sounds, has become a matter of "sonorities", and anyone who can produce a brightly coloured brick of unusual shape is henceforth hailed as an architect.

Music, from being an ordered succession of sounds, has become a matter of "sonorities", and anyone who can produce a brightly coloured brick of unusual shape is henceforth hailed as an architect.



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Too soon, the sun will rise.

Too soon, the sun will rise.


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It is fundamentally important that Grasso resign so that the New York Stock Exchange can restore its moral authority.



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He who repents his sin and acknowledges it, is forgiven.




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