#cons

The point is not to stay marginal, but to participate in whatever network of marginal zones is spawned from other disciplinary centers and which, together, constitute a multiple displacement of those authorities. ↗

— Judith Butler

#centers #constitute #disciplinary #displacement #marginal

What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's a vampire story - but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn't become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#back #because #become #biological #bit

I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#consenting adults #i #i think #into #nose

It is the Constitution of the United States that has been undermined, undercut, and is under attack. It is the American people's liberties that is in jeopardy. That is why I wrote 'Losing America.' ↗

— Robert Byrd

#american #attack #been #constitution #i

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#between #birch #bringing #consenting #consenting adults

I've been asking myself: 'Why put together these things - CDs, albums?' The answer I came up with is, well, sometimes it's artistically viable. It's not just a random collection of songs. Sometimes the songs have a common thread, even if it's not obvious or even conscious on the artists' part. ↗

— David Byrne

#answer #artistically #artists #asking #been

Wisconsin's a special place. ↗

— Brett Favre

#special #special place #wisconsin

I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. ↗

— James M. Cain

#any #called #conscious #conscious effort #effort

I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether. ↗

— Lord Byron

#arises #consistency #except #i #indifference

Pastry is different from cooking because you have to consider the chemistry, beauty and flavor. It's not just sugar and eggs thrown together. I tell my pastry chefs to be in tune for all of this. You have to be challenged by using secret or unusual ingredients. ↗

— Ron Ben-Israel

#because #challenged #chefs #chemistry #consider