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Judith Butler Philosopher, Gender Theorist
Form

"We form ourselves within the vocabularies that we did not choose, and sometimes we have to reject those vocabularies, or actively develop new ones."

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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
Form

"The human soul has sojourned in lower and higher forms, migrating from one to another according to the samskaras or impressions, but it is only in the highest form as a human being that it attains to freedom."

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Erich Fromm Psychologist, Philosopher
Form

"It is time to cease to argue about God , and instead to unite in the unmasking of contemporary forms of idolatry."

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Andrei Tarkovsky Film Director, Screenwriter
Form

"What nobody seems to understand is that love can only be one-sided, that no other love exists, that in any other form it is not love. If it involves less than total giving, it is not love. It is impotent; for the moment it is nothing."

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La Monte Young Composer
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"One of the aspects of form that I have been very interested in is stasis - the concept of form which is not so directional in time, not so much climactic form, but rather form which allows time, to stand still."

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