#ai

Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but, our interest or good being constituted by nature and supposed, self-love only puts us upon obtaining and securing it. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#constitute #constituted #does #good #interest

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. ↗

— Judith Butler

#constituted #expressions #gender #identity #results

Truth is a pain which will not stop. And the truth of this world is to die. You must choose: either dying or lying. Personally, I have never been able to kill myself. ↗

— Louis-Ferdinand Celine

#been #choose #die #dying #either

My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military. ↗

— Smedley Butler

#everyone #faculties #i #mental #military

John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate that had accumulated in that region, in favour of a peaceful transition. This was, without doubt, something that changed European history. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#changed #contain #doubt #european #favour

I don't like being compared to anyone or being in a class with someone. I'm a teen actress and therefore I'm competing against Hilary Duff. We're different people like everyone else. ↗

— Amanda Bynes

#against #anyone #being #class #compared

I stand for strict economy in governmental affairs. ↗

— Harry F. Byrd

#economy #governmental #i #stand #strict

Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed. ↗

— Robert Byrd

#bush #cheney #failed #iraq #laid

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#being #man #poetry #rebellion

A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder. ↗