Fields quotes

Fields

957 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault Philosopher, Social Theorist

"There is no power relation without the correlative constitution of a field of knowledge, nor any knowledge that does not presuppose and constitute at the same time power relations"

Alice Paul
Alice Paul Suffragist, Activist

"It is incredible to me that any woman should consider the fight for full equality won. It has just begun. There is hardly a field, economic or political, in which the natural and unaccustomed policy is not to ignore women…Unless women are prepared to fight politically they must be content to be ignored politically."

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"The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"There is a field beyond all notions of right and wrong. Come, meet me there."

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Umberto Eco Writer, Philosopher, Literary Critic
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"Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics."

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Stephen Jay Gould Paleontologist, Evolutionary Biologist
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"If genius has any common denominator, I would propose breadth of interest and the ability to construct fruitful analogies between fields."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"Beyond the rightness or wrongness of things there is a field, I'll meet you there"

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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
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"Work unto death! I am with you, and when I am gone, my spirit will work with you. This life comes and goes; wealth, fame, enjoyments are only of a few days. It is better, far better to die on the field of duty, preaching the truth, than to die like a worldly worm. Advance!"

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Cam Newton Football Player
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"The quarterback is an extension of the coach and has a certain type of swagger mentality, on and off the field."

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William Goldman Screenwriter, Novelist
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"Nobody knows anything...... Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're lucky, an educated one."

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Maria Montessori Educator, Physician
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"Bring the child to the consciousness of his own dignity, and he will be free. We see no limit to what should be offered to the child, for his will be an immense field of chosen activity."

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Wayne Dyer Author, Motivational Speaker
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"Our thoughts are a field of energy cycles, a mind field, and just by our thoughts alone we impact not only ourselves but those around us as well."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"In this earth, in this immaculate field, we shall not plant any seeds except for compassion, except for love."

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"I have always thought of our Service as an institution, more than any other bureau, engaged in a field essentially of morality--the aim of man to rise above himself, and to choose the option of quality rather than material superfluity."

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